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An online scrapbook for University of Virginia Medical and Nursing Alumni.
http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/scrap/cover.html |
A People at War: Women Who Served
From the National Archives and Records Administration. Short stories of First Lt. Annie G. Fox, Army Nurse Corps, recommended for and awarded the Purple Heart and several WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots).
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/a_people_at_war/women_who_served/annie_g_fox.html |
About Florence Nightingale
Resources on one of the most famous nurses in history. From the About.com Guide to Women's History.
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/nightingale/index.htm |
About Nurses and Nursing
A collection of net links on nursing history and notable nurses, from About.com.
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/nursesandnursing/ |
Adah Belle Samuel Thoms
A crusader for equal opportunities for blacks in nursing. She was one of the first to recognize a new field for nursing, public health.
http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/thomab.htm |
AII POW-MIA - FaxNetwork
An editorial by Chip Beck comparing Clara Barton and the MIA's with today's Defense MIA Office.
http://www.aiipowmia.com/faxnet/beckbarton1197.html |
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/ |
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 |
An American Nurse At War
During WWI, Marion McCune Rice served as a Red Cross nurse in France, taking copious photographs on- and off-duty. Includes her biography, many captioned photos (from the video of the same name), letters sent home to her family, and excerpts of a journal
http://www.warnurse.org/ |
Angels of Mercy: Nurses' Tales
Personal stories from four army nurses who were engaged in the European Theater during World War II. From The American Experience a PBS feature: Guts and Glory.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/guts/sfeature/nurses.html |
Army Nurse Corps
Officially established by an Act of Congress, February 2, 1901. United States Army Nurses - professionals serving mankind whether during times of conflict or peace.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/anc/anchhome.html |
Aunt Lizzie Aiken from Peoria
Excerpt of a memorial book written in 1906 describing Mrs. Aiken services to the soldiers at Shawneetown in 1861.
http://history.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/pe/htm1/aiken.cfm |
Australian Nurses in Vietnam
Stories from Australian nurses who served in Vietnam from 1964 to 1972.
http://users.mildura.net.au/users/marshall/nurses/nurses.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.asp |
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/ |
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