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Category Archives: History of Nursing
History at Kingston blogsite featured in the Feedspot Top 25 Public History Blogs
We are very pleased to reveal that the History at Kingston blogsite, which first began operating in September, 2014, has earned some very welcome recognition for its contribution to the dissemination of historical knowledge across the internet. History at Kingston … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Black History, Blogging, British history, Conspiracy theory, Disability History, Gender History, Historiography, History of Nursing, History skills, Kingston, LGBT History, Local History, London history, Media history, Museums, Public History, Research, Study Skills, Surrey, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Archives, British history, civic engagement, history, Kingston, Local History, Public History, Surrey
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The Red Cross meets the Suffragettes via an Indian Princess
To help celebrate NursesDay2020, we republish this fascinating blog by Dr. Sue Hawkins. The Red Cross’s Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) from World War One have in the past been saddled with a popular public image something akin to the Women’s … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British history, Gender History, History of Medicine, History of Nursing, Local History, London history, Medical History, Public History, Research, Surrey, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Archives, Explore Your Archive, Heritage, history, Hospitals, Kingston University, Local History, Nursing, Public History, Surrey
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One Hundred Years On: Britain and the First World War – upcoming History speaker session at Kingston University
You are warmly invited to attend the next session in the Cultural Histories at Kingston speaker series this coming Thursday. The timely topic will be: One Hundred Years on: Britain and the First World War The latest History speaker session … Continue reading
Posted in British history, European History, Events, Gender History, German History, History of Nursing, Kingston, Kingston University, Local History, Media history, Public History, Research, Uncategorized
Tagged British history, civic engagement, European History, First World War, Kingston, Kingston University, Public History, World War One
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Volunteers recreate the volunteers: Kingston Uni Red Cross archive now complete
Did you know that the British crime author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) volunteered as a nursing assistant and a pharmacist in World War One? This is just one of the many fascinating pieces of information now available in digital form as a result … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British history, History of Medicine, History of Nursing, Local History, Media history, Medical History, Public History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Archives, British history, civic engagement, Explore Your Archive, Hospitals, Kingston University, Local History, Nursing, Public History
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The Red Cross meets the Suffragettes via an Indian Princess
The Red Cross’s Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) from World War One have in the past been saddled with a popular public image something akin to the Women’s Institute meets Florence Nightingale: all jam and Jerusalem and ladies mopping feverish brows. … Continue reading
Nightingale Nobbles Horrible Histories
On Wednesday The Telegraph (and others) ran a news item entitled: ‘CBBC sketch ‘inaccurately’ painted Florence Nightingale as racist, BBC Trust finds’. As an historian of nursing, it caught my attention. It turned out that a complaint had been lodged … Continue reading
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Tagged Florence Nightingale, Horrible Histories, Mary Seacole, Nursing, TV
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