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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 20h

There's still time to book your place to join us tomorrow in London! Hear from historian Jade Shepherd as we explore the history of high security hospitals, from Broadmoor to modern secure units.

📅 9 October 25
⌚ 18:00-19:30
📌 20 Cavendish Square (with BSL translation)
Book now: buff.ly/mBlRT7I

Promotional banner for a Royal College of Nursing event titled "Broadmoor and Beyond: The history of high security hospitals," scheduled for October 9, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, taking place in person. The graphic features a historical illustration of Broadmoor hospital.

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 21h

#HistNursing #BlackHistory Month
It's a lovely blog post, so read that, and also there's a wikipedia entry for Abbie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_S...

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 21h

Meet Kathleen Robb, OBE, OStJ, FRCN (1923–2020)💙

Born in #Belfast last matron of the Royal Victoria Hospital. Advocate for @rcn.org.uk she was on RCN Council for 20 years

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

@rcnhistory.bsky.social

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathlee...

Kathleen Robb - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 21h

#histnursing

Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 21h

#HistNursing #BlackHistory Month
It's a lovely blog post, so read that, and also there's a wikipedia entry for Abbie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_S...

RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 22h

USAF Abbie Sweetwine #histnursing #blackhistorymonth . Thank you so much for sharing this blog - exceptional nurse using all her experience and knowledge in a crisis

Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 23h

🚨 NEW BLOG KLAXON!

This month we take a look at Abbie Sweetwine, the woman the British press dubbed “the angel of platform 6”.

carvehername.org.uk/abbie-sweetw...

Abbie Sweetwine and the Harrow and Wealdstone crash - Carve Her Name

When Abbie Sweetwine ran triage at the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash in 1952, she paved the way for the creation of paramedics.

carvehername.org.uk

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 1d

#histnursing

Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 1d

Copies of the ‘teen magazine for girls’ from the 60s-80s have just gone online with the BNA site. It’s a fascinating look at social history. This as is from the day I started work in 1969. Aged 16! Nursing has certainly changed!

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 1d

Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution contributes to around 1,800 to 2,700 premature deaths each year in Scotland. But how did this story start? And where do we go from here?

Join us at our panel event, which aims to provoke answers to these urgent questions: https://bit.ly/42BIs3f

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 1d

#histnursing #ww2

Dr. Wendy Maddocks RN @nursinghistory.bsky.social · 1d

digital versions of the display boards from the recent exhibition of WW2 nurses at the Christchurch nurses chapel on the website- scroll down to bottom of link and click on each image descriptor to enlarge www.cnmc.org.nz/resources/pu... Publications | Christchurch Hospital Nurses Memorial Chapel

Publications | Christchurch Hospital Nurses Memorial Chapel

www.cnmc.org.nz

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 1d

#histnursing #blackhistorymonth

Barts Health Archives @bharchives.bsky.social · 1d

Join us and the amazing Allyson Williams MBE next Monday, 13 October, for this #BlackHistoryMonth event👇
Book your free ticket using the link below

Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · 2d

Join us on 13 Oct at Barts North Wing, London to hear from expert speakers about the Windrush generation’s significant contributions to the NHS. #BlackHistoryMonth

This event is held in partnership with Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, Barts Heritage, & Culture Mile BID.

Book here: bit.ly/48fzzQQ

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 1d

#histnursing #blackhistorymonth

Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · 2d

Join us on 13 Oct at Barts North Wing, London to hear from expert speakers about the Windrush generation’s significant contributions to the NHS. #BlackHistoryMonth

This event is held in partnership with Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, Barts Heritage, & Culture Mile BID.

Book here: bit.ly/48fzzQQ

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 2d

#histnursing home visiting nursing

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

We’ve added Nurses for the Needy (1875) by Ellen Ranyard to our collection. A rare and fascinating look at the training of Bible-women nurses serving London’s poorest communities. This signed edition sheds light on early nursing education .

🔍 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4nZHF4w

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 2d

#histnursing

Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #HistNursing #Badge is Broadgreen Hospital #Liverpool est. 1903

It had a nurse training school with a gold medal being given to the best in class! Those who passed had asilver version

@rcnhistory.bsky.social

See more of #RCNArchives badges 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 3d

#warmemorial #histnursing in memory of nurses who died in WW1 and WW2

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 3d

@dohertyta.bsky.social spotted in St Asaph’s cathedral yesterday; WW1 Welsh nurses memorial and WW2 memorial inc a Nurse Margaret Owen #HistNursing 🗃️

Brass coloured wall plaque engraved with names and details of 5 Welsh nurses killed during First World War

White marble wall plaque engraved with names of 9 men and 1 women killed during Second World War

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 5d

#HistNursing 💙

Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury

Dame Sarah, a former chief nursing officer, was previously the first female Bishop of London.

www.bbc.com

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 6d

In light of the news of today's horrific attack on the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, our General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger responds on behalf of the RCN.

Image showing a quote by Professor Sicotara Ranger, condemning violence and expressing thanks to responders and nursing staff for their support and care.

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 6d

Do you know which event led to the creation of the first secure hospital unit? If not, join us with historian Jade Shepherd next week to learn all about the emergence of secure hospital systems.

📅 9 October 25
⌚ 18:00-19:30
📌 20 Cavendish Square (with BSL translation)
Book now: buff.ly/mBlRT7I

Promotional banner for the Royal College of Nursing event titled 'Broadmoor and Beyond: The history of high security hospitals', scheduled for 9 October 2025 from 18:00 to 19:30, in person. The image features an old illustration of Broadmoor Hospital.

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 6d

#histnursing

Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 6d

#BlackHistoryMonth #HistNursing

We often think of black nurses in Britain as being post-Windrush, but researchers are identifying earlier #women

Like this amazing story of Sarah Woodbine #Victorian born #BuenosAires Trained Nurse #Croydon & #HitherGreen 💙

www.historycalroots.com/sarah-woodbi...

Sarah Woodbine: A Black Nurse in Victorian Britain

You can read the full story of Sarah Woodbine (so far as it is known at the moment) in our recent book Sarah Woodbine - A Black Nurse in Victorian Britain. Co-authored by David Gleave, Neasa Roughan a...

www.historycalroots.com

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

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

During #blackhistorymonth the Michelle Cox RCN Foundation Anti-Racism Award open . This award of up to £2,500 for a nurse or midwifery-led project aiming to oppose racism and promote racial equality within nursing and midwifery. rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk/Grants-and-f...

rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk

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

We warmly invite you to our upcoming panel event, 'The air we breathe: Air pollution and health past and present'.

Join our panel of 3 speakers to learn about air pollution and its health impacts.

📌Edinburgh and online
📅23 October
🕜5:30-8pm

Book your spot: https://bit.ly/42BIs3f

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 9d

#histnursing WW2 nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi occupied France

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 10d

Today a THREAD👇 of Scottish WWII sheroes who shone in adversity. 1st resistance fighter & nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi-occuped France. Killed in Ravensbruck, novelist, Simone St Clair, incarcerated with her said 'she kept her chin up' Mary we salute you./1

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 9d

#monumentmonday

RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 9d

#otd remembering Nurse Bradbury of the Middlesex Hospital London how dangerous a job nursing was ( and is ) #histnursing . Photo taken in the Middlesex Hospital chapel .

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 9d

#otd remembering Nurse Bradbury of the Middlesex Hospital London how dangerous a job nursing was ( and is ) #histnursing . Photo taken in the Middlesex Hospital chapel .

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