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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 6d

Join our presenters April Matthias, Anka Roberto, and Kassie Stoffer for "Trauma-Informed Peadgogical Approaches: Enhancing Empathy and Safety When Teaching History to Prepare Students for Contemporary Nursing Practice."

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 7d

The first blue plaque outside London recognizing a pioneering Black nurse and midwife, Daphne Steele. #blackhistorymonth #histnursing
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Remembering Daphne Steele | Blogs | Royal College of Nursing

Remembering Daphne Steele a pioneering Black nurse and midwife.

www.rcn.org.uk

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 7d

#histnursing #blackhistorymonth

AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 7d

Happening this Friday, October 3rd!

Join us for the October Virtual Speakers Series "'I Just Want to Be of Help to My Own People': Race and Inequity in Gold Coast's (Ghana) Nursing Serivce, 1940-1950s," by Lucky Tomdi.

Register here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...

#histnursing

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 7d

Annual conference previews!

There is still time to register to join us!

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Session 4A: Health, Ethics, and Memory in War and Atrocity

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 7d

Annual Conference previews!

Join us for the 42nd Annual Nursing and Healthcare History conference in Wilmington, NC.

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Session 3B: Public Health, and Community Care
Moderator: Sheri Tesseyman

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 7d

Happening this Friday, October 3rd!

Join us for the October Virtual Speakers Series "'I Just Want to Be of Help to My Own People': Race and Inequity in Gold Coast's (Ghana) Nursing Serivce, 1940-1950s," by Lucky Tomdi.

Register here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...

#histnursing

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 7d

Annual conference previews!

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Session 3A: Labor, Wages, and Activism in Nursing

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 8d

Did you know we had a podcast? Recorded in 2022, Past Caring explores nursing and its history through conversations with historians, artists and nurses working today.

Listen along: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

#PodcastDay #HistNursing #InternationalPodcastDay

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 8d

Call for women’s history papers - #histnursing ?

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 8d

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 12d

Last call for silent auction items! Items due October 1st.

For more information on where to send items, please visit: aahn.memberclicks.net/silent-aucti...

AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 12d

Happening TODAY (September 26)! Join us for the all members networking event from 2-3 pm.

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 14d

This is a 1913 postcard of London Hospital Nurses Training School. The nurse's message captures the everyday pressures and joys of student life from exams to going dancing. Explore the RCN Digital Archive: https://bit.ly/3pePUx7

#ExploreYourArchive #EYAEducation #HistNursing
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Photograph of the London Hospital Nurse's Training School, Tredegar House, located in Bow, London. The image features a multi-story brick building with multiple windows.

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 13d

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 13d

A bonus video from us for Day 2 of #AATP25: District Nurses In Your Place by Jude Rhodes. Learn about the history of District Nurses, and considerations for researching them in your ancestral or #OnePlaceStudy place.

Mini-AATP - Health & Medicine - District Nurses In Your Place

YouTube video by Society for One-Place Studies

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 13d

Conference previews continue!

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Session 2B: "Nurse Educators' Experiences Teaching History: A Call to Action to Use Trauma-Informed Pedagogy"

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 13d

Register today for the AAHN Preconference "Trauma-Informed Pedagogical Approaches: Enhancing Empathy and Safety When Teaching History to Prepare Students for Contemporary Nursing Practice."

Registration and more details available here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2025-confere...

#histnursing

AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 15d

Happening this Friday (Sept. 26)!

It's all member networking time! Join us from 2-3 pm Eastern for networking and catch-up time. Register here: aahn.memberclicks.net/networking-g...

AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 15d

Annual conference previews!

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Session 2A: Panel Presentation
"Saving Babies, 1890-1975: Centering Nursing Practice in the Histories of the Boston Floating Hospital, the Seattle Children's Orthopedic Hospital, and Operation Babylift"
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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 16d

Love a OTD #histnursing . American nurse multi-talented and pioneering .

STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 16d

9/22/1904 — b. Ellen Church Marshall, American pilot, nurse, hospital director. Captain and flight nurse in the #WWII Army Nurse Corps; and the first female commercial flight attendant in the world history, she pioneered the stewardess profession (1930s) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistNursing #OTD

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American Association for the History of Medicine @aahmhistmed.bsky.social · 15d

Are you ready for History of Medicine week? Join us October 6-10 for a week of conversations & community building for anyone interested in the history of medicine. And there's more - check our website for other events happening online and around the country! #histmed histmed.org/history-of-m...

A promotional flyer for History of Medicine Week Events, October 6-10th. The flyer has a light gray background with dark text and red highlighting for emphasis. It displays five event boxes:
Monday, 11 ET/12 CT: "Communicating Beyond the Academy: Historians, the Media, and the Public" with a bonus event at 9 ET/10 CT titled "Faith, Hope, and Science in the Time of AIDS - A Talk by Dr. Catherine Burns" hosted by the University of Nebraska.
Tuesday: "Perspectives on Science" podcast release about "Federal Regulations: Progressive Era and Beyond" with hashtag #histdrugregs, plus a bonus at 3 ET/2 CT called "Surviving the Graduate Degree."
Wednesday, 2 ET/3 CT: "Teaching as the University Burns: Practical Tips" with a note to check AAHM email for the link.
Thursday, 1 ET/2 CT: "Medicine Crossing Borders: Immigration and Health."
Friday, 2 ET/3 CT: "Trans & Intersex Health From Past to Future" with a note to check AAHM email for the link.
At the bottom, italicized text states "Click on titles for registration links. For details and updates visit the website." The website URL www.histmed.org/history-of-medicine-week/ appears at the bottom.

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kaw26.bsky.social @kaw26.bsky.social · 19d

Hope you will join us, as I am presenting as part of a panel, discussing a novel platform for doing oral history research. My group used this platform to capture the experiences and perceptions of the first generation of nurse practitioners in Massachusetts.

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 19d

Featuring the following presentations:

1. "U.S. Women Medical Missionaries and Rural Nursing in Fujian, China, 1880-1937" Dewen Zhang
2. "Imperial Recruitment and Colonial Labor: Nigerian Nurses' Pathway to Training in the UK, 1940-1960" Mosunmola R. Ogunmolaji

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 19d

More annual conference previews!
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Session 1B: Colonialism, Empire, and Transnational Nursing
Moderator: @erinspinney.bsky.social

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Media and Epidemics @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social · 20d

We have an insightful new blog post from Dmytro Yesypenko about the role of folklore and epidemics in nineteenth-century #Ukranian literature #hstm #histmed #litsci #medhums: mediaepidemics.com/2025/08/29/e...

Epidemics in Word and Imagination: Ukrainian Literature Between Folklore, the Press, and Science

“…epidemics are never only about pathogens. They are also filtered through the words of newspapers, proclamations, and popular accounts — words that, like folk tales, provided framework…

mediaepidemics.com

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AAHNHistNursing.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social · 20d

Over the next few weeks leading up to our conference October 16-18th we will be featuring a series of annual conference previews!

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Session 1A: Teaching Nursing History and Pedagogy
Moderator: Annemarie McAllister
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Premodern Healthscaping @prosanitate.bsky.social · 21d

Today and tomorrow: "Protecting Bodies at Work", University of Geneva. Online attendance available (4:30pm start in Australia). Papers discuss occupational hazards; child labour and colonial era work/ worker's bodies; clothing, protective gear, & garlic.

#histmed #bodystudies #materiality

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