Center for the Study of Nursing History:
Historical scholarship on health care history and nursing in the
United States.
http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history/default.htm
The History of Nursing Archives:
Personal and professional papers of nursing leaders, public health
and professional nursing organizations, histories of various
American and foreign schools of nursing, as well as an extensive
book collection.
http://www.bu.edu/speccol/nursing.htm
American Association for the History of Nursing:
Fosters the importance of history in guiding the future of nursing.
Membership and conference information, online gift shop, and nursing
history calendar. Also provides photographs of the graves of
historically significant nurses with short biographies.
http://www.aahn.org/
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses:
Historical overview of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit nurses(PACU,
formerly known as Recovery Rooms).
http://www.aspan.org/Historical.htm
An 1895 Look At Nursing:
Excerpt from "Ambulance Work and Nursing" provides an enlightening
look at the nursing environment of the day.
http://enw.org/1895_Nursing.htm
Men in American Nursing History:
From prehistory to the present, an informative review. Includes
suggestions for further reading.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6011/
The Virtual Nurses' Memorial:
Dedicated to nurses who have died in the line of duty.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/6780/
Canadian Association for the History of Nursing:
Founded in 1987, CAHN promotes interest in the history of nursing
and promotes scholarship in the field. Membership and scholarship
information, book reviews and news.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~jhibberd/CAHN_ACHN/
Nurhis-L:
An International forum for the discussion of Nursing History. An
electronic mailing and discussion list.
http://www.nursing.uconn.edu/nurhis-l.html
Black Nurses in History:
Is both an excellent bibliography and guide to online resources.
http://www4.umdnj.edu/camlbweb/blacknurses.html
Nurses Uniforms Past and Present:
Provides a growing image gallery of Nurses Uniforms from the '30s to
the present. An interesting resource for historians and costume
designers. Includes useful links.
http://dyk2.homestead.com/Index.html
Wilcox College of Nursing:
University of Connecticut's Archives and Special Collections: Wilcox
College of Nursing started in 1908. Includes history of school, a
list of graduates, and finding aid. (Almost all personnel and
student files were held by the Middlesex Hospital and will be
destroyed after the year 2000).
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/DoddCenter/ASC/Wilcox/history.htm
How Nursing Advanced from the 19th Century:
Archived articles on nursing history from the University of Toledo
libraries.
http://www.cl.utoledo.edu/canaday/quackery/quack9.html
About Nurses and Nursing:
A collection of net links on nursing history and notable nurses,
from About.com.
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/nursesandnursing/
My Beloved Poilus:
Letters from France from 1914 written by a Canadian nurse. Several
pictures depicting scenes during the war are featured on the site.
http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/medical/canadian/cnurse.htm
My Aunt, My Hero:
The story of Nurse Helen Fairchild, RN a nurse in Flanders during
the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. Reprinted by kind permission of
the author, Mrs Fairchild Rote, her niece.
http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/medical/MaMh/MyAunt.htm
Virginia Nursing History:
Highlights pertaining to the history of nursing schools, programs
and organizations in Virginia from the 1890's to present.
http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/speccoll/nursing/index.html
UBC School of Nursing:
A brief history page from the University of British Columbia, one of
the oldest schools of nursing in Canada.
http://www.nursing.ubc.ca/docs/History.html
History of African-Americans in White:
A nurse educator's research and findings about early
African-American nurses.
http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/edpl/gordon/courses/863/nurses.html
History of Frontier Nursing Service:
A historical review of Mary Breckinridge's first effort to
professionalize midwifery.
http://www.frontiernursing.org/history_of_fsn.htm
Bangor Area Visiting Nurses:
In 1913, Edith Bicknell was the sole registered nurse of the Bangor
Area Visiting Nurses. A short history of this nursing service, which
still exists today.
http://www.emh.org/bavn/mission.htm
Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry:
Established in 1991 at the University of Virginia for the
preservation of the history of Nursing. Especially interesting are
the online photographs and a highlighted collection.
http://www.nursing.virginia.edu/centers/history.html
Symbol of a Profession: One Hundred Years of Nurses' Caps:
Provided by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation.
Includes an introduction, the evolution of the cap, capping
ceremony, and demise of the cap. An array of vintage photographs are
provided.
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/infirm/inint01e.html
History of Nursing Slides:
Online slides, from the Concepts of Nursing Course given at
Montgomery County Community College. The topic, "Duties of the Floor
Nurse 1887", makes for interesting reading.
http://faculty.mc3.edu/rbenfiel/NUR109/NUR109NursingHistory/sld001.htm
History of Public Health Nursing:
A short description of the service which began in the late 1800's by
several wealthy women in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Buffalo
who hired trained nurses to care for the poor in their homes.
http://www.health.state.mo.us/Publications/100-20.html
Cherry Ames Series:
Devoted to the juvenile series about a mystery-solving nurse,
written by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham, from 1943 to 1968.
http://www.netwrx1.net/CherryAmes/
United Kingdom Centre for the History of Nursing:
A virtual centre dedicated to developing and strengthening links
among nurses, scholars and students of the history of nursing. Of
interest are the articles from the archives (in Adobe .pdf format).
http://www.qmuc.ac.uk/hn/history
A Journey Through Time:
An online scrapbook for University of Virginia Medical and Nursing
Alumni.
http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/scrap/cover.html
History of Nursing:
Biographies and pictures of Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and
Mrs Bedford-Fenwick from Internurse.
http://www.internurse.com/history/
Nursing Times - Past Times:
Articles on the history of nursing, featuring personal accounts of
nursing, midwifery and health visiting many years ago.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/features/supplement.asp?header=past&keyword=paxt
Beyond Bed Pans:
"The Life of a Late Nineteenth Century Young Nurse". A story by
former nurse Mary Roberts Rinehart, of what awaited new nursing
recruits in 1893.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/60/
National League for Nursing:
A timeline of the history of the National League for Nursing, the
pioneers in nursing education.
http://www.nln.org/aboutnln/info-history.htm
History of Nursing at NNC:
Information about Northwest Nazarene University nursing department
from 1918 to 1998. Archived photographs available for viewing.
http://www.nnu.edu/academics/schools/nursing/history.htm
Zwerdling Nursing Archives:
Some very unique historic art and postcards of Nursing, medical, and
healthcare.
http://www.nursepostcard.com/
History of Nurse Anesthesia Practice:
Established in the late 1800s. Brief history page of the nurse
anesthetists from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
http://www.aana.com/archives/timeline.asp
