@alannahtomkins.bsky.social
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Together with the RCN History of Nursing Forum and HIVstory, we're remembering the experiences of nursing workers during the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Discover their stories and learn more about the project at our event on 27 November.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI
📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI
📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Together with the RCN History of Nursing Forum and HIVstory, we're remembering the experiences of nursing workers during the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Discover their stories and learn more about the project at our event on 27 November.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI
📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI
📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
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Save the date for our 2026 Research Colloquium. June 1st.
September 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Save the date for our 2026 Research Colloquium. June 1st.
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Archives West Midlands held its AGM today at the fabulous Staffordshire History Centre, with a special guest and speakers from our member services.
Thank you to hosts Jo Terry, Helen Johnson & Richard Lewis and to attending #ArchivesWM trustees, member services and ambassadors (1/2)
Thank you to hosts Jo Terry, Helen Johnson & Richard Lewis and to attending #ArchivesWM trustees, member services and ambassadors (1/2)
September 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Archives West Midlands held its AGM today at the fabulous Staffordshire History Centre, with a special guest and speakers from our member services.
Thank you to hosts Jo Terry, Helen Johnson & Richard Lewis and to attending #ArchivesWM trustees, member services and ambassadors (1/2)
Thank you to hosts Jo Terry, Helen Johnson & Richard Lewis and to attending #ArchivesWM trustees, member services and ambassadors (1/2)
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The RCN Library and Museum is looking for objects, photographs and personal stories to feature in our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing.
Find out more and get in touch: buff.ly/nxxvo9Q
(Image: International School Students outside the Royal College of Nursing, 1957, RCN Archive)
Find out more and get in touch: buff.ly/nxxvo9Q
(Image: International School Students outside the Royal College of Nursing, 1957, RCN Archive)
August 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The RCN Library and Museum is looking for objects, photographs and personal stories to feature in our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing.
Find out more and get in touch: buff.ly/nxxvo9Q
(Image: International School Students outside the Royal College of Nursing, 1957, RCN Archive)
Find out more and get in touch: buff.ly/nxxvo9Q
(Image: International School Students outside the Royal College of Nursing, 1957, RCN Archive)
Whole-hearted thank-you to Nicola Ring for her lovely review of my book. www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Nursing the English from plague to Peterloo | Blogs | Royal College of Nursing
Nursing the English from plague to Peterloo
www.rcn.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Whole-hearted thank-you to Nicola Ring for her lovely review of my book. www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Preorder your copy now!
It’s here! Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/objects-o...
June 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Preorder your copy now!
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I’m trying to do daily NZ newspaper clips from 1915 where nurses are mentioned, while most will have. nZ focus this one’s shows the tragic impact of typhoid #HistNursing
May 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m trying to do daily NZ newspaper clips from 1915 where nurses are mentioned, while most will have. nZ focus this one’s shows the tragic impact of typhoid #HistNursing
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Our 2025 Research Colloquium programme has been decided. Details can found on our website. ukahn.org/2025-colloqu...
2025 Colloquium Programme – UK Association for the History of Nursing
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April 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Our 2025 Research Colloquium programme has been decided. Details can found on our website. ukahn.org/2025-colloqu...
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Good to see such an interesting 2025 colloquium programme @ukahn.bsky.social which includes RCN HONF members presenting #Histnursing
Our 2025 Research Colloquium programme has been decided. Details can found on our website. ukahn.org/2025-colloqu...
2025 Colloquium Programme – UK Association for the History of Nursing
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May 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Good to see such an interesting 2025 colloquium programme @ukahn.bsky.social which includes RCN HONF members presenting #Histnursing
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Thank you to
@alannahtomkins.bsky.social & @ww1nursehistorian.bsky.social from @ukahn.bsky.social on the review of my book of WW1 nurse. Please see pinned post for details to purchase in UK ukahn.org/2025/01/16/a...
@alannahtomkins.bsky.social & @ww1nursehistorian.bsky.social from @ukahn.bsky.social on the review of my book of WW1 nurse. Please see pinned post for details to purchase in UK ukahn.org/2025/01/16/a...
Review of A Broken Nurse of the Great War. The annotated diary of Sister Mabel Crook NZANS – UK Association for the History of Nursing
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April 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Thank you to
@alannahtomkins.bsky.social & @ww1nursehistorian.bsky.social from @ukahn.bsky.social on the review of my book of WW1 nurse. Please see pinned post for details to purchase in UK ukahn.org/2025/01/16/a...
@alannahtomkins.bsky.social & @ww1nursehistorian.bsky.social from @ukahn.bsky.social on the review of my book of WW1 nurse. Please see pinned post for details to purchase in UK ukahn.org/2025/01/16/a...
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Register today for our May virtual speaker series! Join us for "Nursing the Metropolis: The Female Ward Staff of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, 1660-1820," by @alannahtomkins.bsky.social
Register and read the abstract here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
#histnursing
Register and read the abstract here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
#histnursing
April 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Register today for our May virtual speaker series! Join us for "Nursing the Metropolis: The Female Ward Staff of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, 1660-1820," by @alannahtomkins.bsky.social
Register and read the abstract here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
#histnursing
Register and read the abstract here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
#histnursing
PhD opportunity at Keele! www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Eighteenth-Century Knowledge Work in the Harleian Collection
www.keele.ac.uk
April 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
PhD opportunity at Keele! www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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📣Thrilled to be joining Bluesky conversations with my most recent publication on Scottish midwifery! Many thanks to @sshmedicine.bsky.social and @sgsah.bsky.social!!
doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
‘None Regardless of Reputation Will Be Received’: Midwifery and Commercial Bodywork in Urban Scotland c. 1780–c. 18401
Summary. This article presents two case studies of Scottish midwives, Mrs Laidlaw from Edinburgh and Mrs Alexander from Aberdeen who used newspaper adverti
doi.org
March 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📣Thrilled to be joining Bluesky conversations with my most recent publication on Scottish midwifery! Many thanks to @sshmedicine.bsky.social and @sgsah.bsky.social!!
doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
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I have ordered more copies of my first book about the history of hospital trained nurses in Palmerston North ( the world’s registered nurse was matron) . Please contact me if you would like a copy 🙏
March 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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"We've been left behind"
5 years ago today, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.
It feels like a lifetime ago, and yet also just yesterday.
Nursing staff spoke with us about their reflections on the pandemic, and its profound and lasting impact: buff.ly/HqCHWZd
5 years ago today, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.
It feels like a lifetime ago, and yet also just yesterday.
Nursing staff spoke with us about their reflections on the pandemic, and its profound and lasting impact: buff.ly/HqCHWZd
COVID-19: Nursing staff 'will never forget' pandemic 5 years on
YouTube video by RCN
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March 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"We've been left behind"
5 years ago today, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.
It feels like a lifetime ago, and yet also just yesterday.
Nursing staff spoke with us about their reflections on the pandemic, and its profound and lasting impact: buff.ly/HqCHWZd
5 years ago today, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.
It feels like a lifetime ago, and yet also just yesterday.
Nursing staff spoke with us about their reflections on the pandemic, and its profound and lasting impact: buff.ly/HqCHWZd
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Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2025
In 1911, more than 40,000 women, including large groups of nurses and midwives, marched in London demanding votes for women and the King's support of the Conciliation Bill.
You can learn more through our Historic Journals Collection: buff.ly/vYScvU8
In 1911, more than 40,000 women, including large groups of nurses and midwives, marched in London demanding votes for women and the King's support of the Conciliation Bill.
You can learn more through our Historic Journals Collection: buff.ly/vYScvU8
March 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The AAHN Virtual Speaker Series begin March 7, 2025, from 12-1 PM Eastern.
Register here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
@erinspinney.bsky.social presents "Punishment, Forgiveness, Drunkenness, and Praise: Nurses in Council Minutes of Halsar Naval Hospital, 1755-1775” #histnursing
Register here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
@erinspinney.bsky.social presents "Punishment, Forgiveness, Drunkenness, and Praise: Nurses in Council Minutes of Halsar Naval Hospital, 1755-1775” #histnursing
February 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The AAHN Virtual Speaker Series begin March 7, 2025, from 12-1 PM Eastern.
Register here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
@erinspinney.bsky.social presents "Punishment, Forgiveness, Drunkenness, and Praise: Nurses in Council Minutes of Halsar Naval Hospital, 1755-1775” #histnursing
Register here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
@erinspinney.bsky.social presents "Punishment, Forgiveness, Drunkenness, and Praise: Nurses in Council Minutes of Halsar Naval Hospital, 1755-1775” #histnursing
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Today's #HistNursing #Badge is for all the in-flight nurses!
BEA/BOAC were the predecessors of British Airways. This badge dates c.1946-74, shows the need for nurses/medics everywhere even the air!
Browse to see more of the #RCNArchives badge collection 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
BEA/BOAC were the predecessors of British Airways. This badge dates c.1946-74, shows the need for nurses/medics everywhere even the air!
Browse to see more of the #RCNArchives badge collection 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
February 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is for all the in-flight nurses!
BEA/BOAC were the predecessors of British Airways. This badge dates c.1946-74, shows the need for nurses/medics everywhere even the air!
Browse to see more of the #RCNArchives badge collection 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
BEA/BOAC were the predecessors of British Airways. This badge dates c.1946-74, shows the need for nurses/medics everywhere even the air!
Browse to see more of the #RCNArchives badge collection 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
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The RCN Northern Ireland History Network paid a visit to the Ulster Museum yesterday to hear more about nursing artefacts the Museum holds and Matron Musson's medals. Anne Musson was Matron of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast from 1922 until 1946. She had served in World War 1 in France.
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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UKAHN member and the Bulletin editor @alannahtomkins.bsky.social has a new book out. Be sure to check it out and add it your library!
It's publication day for 'Nursing the English', a book by @alannahtomkins.bsky.social on pre-reform nursing and the struggles early nurses endured.
A new addition to our #NursingHistory series, this book is essential for anyone interested in or researching the subject area 🚑
@ukahn.bsky.social
A new addition to our #NursingHistory series, this book is essential for anyone interested in or researching the subject area 🚑
@ukahn.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
UKAHN member and the Bulletin editor @alannahtomkins.bsky.social has a new book out. Be sure to check it out and add it your library!
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It's publication day for 'Nursing the English', a book by @alannahtomkins.bsky.social on pre-reform nursing and the struggles early nurses endured.
A new addition to our #NursingHistory series, this book is essential for anyone interested in or researching the subject area 🚑
@ukahn.bsky.social
A new addition to our #NursingHistory series, this book is essential for anyone interested in or researching the subject area 🚑
@ukahn.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's publication day for 'Nursing the English', a book by @alannahtomkins.bsky.social on pre-reform nursing and the struggles early nurses endured.
A new addition to our #NursingHistory series, this book is essential for anyone interested in or researching the subject area 🚑
@ukahn.bsky.social
A new addition to our #NursingHistory series, this book is essential for anyone interested in or researching the subject area 🚑
@ukahn.bsky.social
My book is out! For a new perspective on the pre-reform nurse, and with thanks to all colleagues and MUP, see
January 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My book is out! For a new perspective on the pre-reform nurse, and with thanks to all colleagues and MUP, see
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📢AHRC PHD funding alert📢
Applications are now open for an AHRC CDA scholarship at Lancaster University for a project on emotional objects in the British regimental museum. See below for details & how to apply. DM me if you have any questions. Spread the word!
www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-soc...
Applications are now open for an AHRC CDA scholarship at Lancaster University for a project on emotional objects in the British regimental museum. See below for details & how to apply. DM me if you have any questions. Spread the word!
www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-soc...
Emotions, Objects, and “Affective Curatorship” in the British Regimental Museum - Lancaster University
www.lancaster.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
📢AHRC PHD funding alert📢
Applications are now open for an AHRC CDA scholarship at Lancaster University for a project on emotional objects in the British regimental museum. See below for details & how to apply. DM me if you have any questions. Spread the word!
www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-soc...
Applications are now open for an AHRC CDA scholarship at Lancaster University for a project on emotional objects in the British regimental museum. See below for details & how to apply. DM me if you have any questions. Spread the word!
www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-soc...
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Call for Papers for our 26th annual research colloquium to be held at Keele University the 25th of June. #histnursing
ukahn.org/colloquium-2...
ukahn.org/colloquium-2...
Colloquium 2025 – UK Association for the History of Nursing
ukahn.org
January 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Call for Papers for our 26th annual research colloquium to be held at Keele University the 25th of June. #histnursing
ukahn.org/colloquium-2...
ukahn.org/colloquium-2...
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Excellent paper by Stuart Wildman in the 2024 ukahn Bulletin. Good to see less well known civilian nursing in wartime meticulously researched:a must for anyone interested in nursing in this period across district, mental health and general nursing #histnursing bulletin.ukahn.org/the-impact-o...
The impact of the First World War on the Civilian Nursing Services in England – The UKAHN Bulletin: ISSN 2049-9744
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January 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excellent paper by Stuart Wildman in the 2024 ukahn Bulletin. Good to see less well known civilian nursing in wartime meticulously researched:a must for anyone interested in nursing in this period across district, mental health and general nursing #histnursing bulletin.ukahn.org/the-impact-o...