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AJ Wright @ajwrightmls.bsky.social · 8h

Today's Vintage Book Covers: I see similarities here. More on the prolific Arlene Hale at tinyurl.com/3b9sd25y More on Shand at tinyurl.com/44kc4eaa & tinyurl.com/mryk944p #histmed #medicalhistory #medicalfiction

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 7h

"Isn't it all digitised?"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 15h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 15h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 8h

📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅

Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Front cover of Leah Leneman's 'The Scottish Suffragettes' featuring an image of an Ewardian woman in front of a 'Womens Freedom League' banner, and a second image of a busy suffrage march with banners that read 'Votes for Women'.

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 1d

#HistNursing

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 1d

On the blog: “A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930–2000” by Olivia Mason. An important read on overlooked contributions to Britain’s healthcare system.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2022 #GenderHist

womenshistorynetwork.org/a-hidden-his...

A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930-2000 by Olivia Mason

In a standout piece from Olivia Mason of the Young Historians Project, we hear about the latest project of the group: A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930-2000. The …

womenshistorynetwork.org

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Dr. Wendy Maddocks RN @nursinghistory.bsky.social · 2d

All prepped for my part of the #HistNursing talk at the Christchurch Nurse’s chapel Saturday from 2 pm. We are talking on the life and lessons of the #WW2 nurses & linking to modern crisis nursing

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Daniel Mulhall @danmulhall.bsky.social · 2d

Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;
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So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you & me
Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall
Confident that we have built our wall.
Seamus Heaney ‘Scaffolding’

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 2d

#HistNursing

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 2d

It's a TUC one from 1937, as part of their campaign to unionise nurses. You should be able to see the whole document (including some great illustrations and a Sybil Thorndike endorsement) at cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

Trades Union Congress

cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 2d

On #WorldMentalHealthDay we're sharing a leaflet from the TUC archive encouraging nurses to take a break. The leaflet also highlights the dangers of work place stress and exhaustion. Be fair to yourself! #histnursing #histmed #archives #MRCArchives

mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/TUC/...

Page from 'Off Duty' dated 1937. Headed 'Self-sacrifice' it is illustrated with a picture of a stressed looking nurse alongside a patient. Part of the text reads 'be fair to yourself - and you will be fair to your patients'. There is also a photograph of nurses standing next to a statue of Florence Nightingale.

Photograph of two nurses taking a well-earned tea break. Captioned 'Off duty'.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 3d

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉

Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social · 2d

Noticed that's it World Mental Health Day: posting here for info my webpage of bibliography and other sources on Victorian psychiatry (in the UK) which grew out of answering v similar questions on the subject back in the day of listservs www.lesleyahall.net/victpsyc.htm

Victorian Psychiatry

www.lesleyahall.net

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 2d

Keep up to date with the latest guidance this #WorldMentalHealthDay with our amazing subject guide. We have a whole range of books, journals and key resources to support your research and ensure best clinical practice. #RCNLibraryandMuseum

https://bit.ly/470R7h4

An image of mental health nursing texts available to RCN members through the library. Text reads "Stay up to date with our subject guide"

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 2d

All the biggest hugs xxx

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 3d

The British Newspaper Archive now includes Jackie and I was delighted to note problem pages in prominent position blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2025/10/06/j...

Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week

We welcome iconic best-selling teen magazine Jackie to The Archive. Browse every single edition of the weekly magazine for girls, from 1964 through to 1993.

blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

That banner is gorgeous!

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

#HistNursing #BlackHistoryMonth

Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 3d

📚 A new book display has hit our shelves in London for Black History Month!

Take a peek at some of the titles spotlighting the contributions of Black nursing staff throughout history - from Victorian Britain, to 1940s Cambridge, to modern day NHS.

See the reading list: https://bit.ly/3SfNRZq

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 3d

Delighted to be at the launch of Saothar 50: the journal of the Irish labour history society (ILHS),50 years in publication. A wonderful collection of essays on labour, class,women,etc. excited to see the new exhibit at the ILHS archives-the banner of the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU) #speirgorm

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

#HistNursing

AJ Wright @ajwrightmls.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today’s Find: You know things are serious when the nurse gets her Tommy gun. “Black Book Detective” was a pulp magazine published 1933-1953 tinyurl.com/24wnu28j This issue is July 1941 #histmed #nistnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

It's time for a #TeaUp and I'm delighted to have this new blog on Royal Berkshire Hospital's private nursing service to read! #HistNursing 🫖

#Reading #WomensHistory

www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to this!
If you missed me at the Women's History Conference it's a welcome chance to discuss the world of activism and collecting digital #archives ✊

Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social for a brilliant start to our seminar series last night!

Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.

Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections

www.history.ac.uk

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

#HistNursing #BlackHistoryMonth

The Story of Britian's Black Nurses is a wonderful children's book - a good read for all of us!

Kandace does school visits & has a schools pack to accompany the book.

Find out about nurses like Asarto Ward, Annie Brewster 💙

kandacechimbiri.com/book/the-sto...

The Story of Britain’s Black Nurses - Kandace Chimbiri

A wonderful celebration of the fascinating and seldom heard stories of Britain’s Black nurses. From ancient and medieval Africa, through colonization and enslavement, through wars, times of great chan...

kandacechimbiri.com

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 4d

The RCN Award of Merit is the highest honour awarded to members for service to the RCN. 🌠

Do you know an RCN member who has demonstrated exceptional service to their RCN branch, network, forum or their workplace?

Nominate them here ➡️ https://bit.ly/46r1uKV

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Anne Logan @annefhlogan.bsky.social · 4d

Check out the new Friends of the Women’s Library website! Lots of background information and details of forthcoming events. @fotwl.bsky.social friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk?fbclid=IwdGR...

Friends of the Women's Library – The Friends of The Women’s Library support the preservation and use of one of the most important collections on women’s history in the UK.

friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

@loudoh.bsky.social

Joanna Bourke @joannabourke.bsky.social · 3d

The production, National Theatre, is incredible. I strongly recommend it. Strong cast, brilliant feminist analysis, plenty of contemporary relevance. A few jarring moments, but far outweighed by a celebration of women, wine, difference, and gods amongst the refugees. Open-mouth awe, with laughter

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 3d

This month at #WikiProjectWomenInRed we are celebrating Halloween by encouraging #wikipedia editors to create articles about spooky people, books and things. @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

screenshot of what is on in October for Women In Red at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Outreach/2025#October_2025

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 4d

I'm loving the bananas for scale!

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