- American Association for the History of Nursing - http://www.aahn.org/
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.
- An 1895 Look At Nursing - http://enw.org/1895_Nursing.htm
Excerpt from "Ambulance Work and Nursing" provides an enlightening look at the nursing environment of the day.
- Men in American Nursing History - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6011/
From prehistory to the present, an informative review. Includes suggestions for further reading.
- Canadian Association for the History of Nursing - http://www.ualberta.ca/~jhibberd/CAHN_ACHN/
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.
- Black Nurses in History - http://www4.umdnj.edu/camlbweb/blacknurses.html
Is both an excellent bibliography and guide to online resources.
- Nurses Uniforms Past and Present - http://dyk2.homestead.com/Index.html
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.
- Wilcox College of Nursing - http://www.lib.uconn.edu/DoddCenter/ASC/Wilcox/history.htm
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).
- About Nurses and Nursing - http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/nursesandnursing/
A collection of net links on nursing history and notable nurses, from About.com.
- Virginia Nursing History - http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/speccoll/nursing/index.html
Highlights pertaining to the history of nursing schools, programs and organizations in Virginia from the 1890's to present.
- Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry - http://www.nursing.virginia.edu/centers/history.html
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.
- Symbol of a Profession: One Hundred Years of Nurses' Caps - http://www.civilization.ca/hist/infirm/inint01e.html
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.
- History of Nursing Slides - http://faculty.mc3.edu/rbenfiel/NUR109/NUR109NursingHistory/sld001.htm
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.
- Cherry Ames Series - http://www.netwrx1.net/CherryAmes/
Devoted to the juvenile series about a mystery-solving nurse, written by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham, from 1943 to 1968.
- A Journey Through Time - http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/scrap/cover.html
An online scrapbook for University of Virginia Medical and Nursing Alumni.
- Nursing Times - Past Times - http://www.nursingtimes.net/features/supplement.asp?header=past&keyword=paxt
Articles on the history of nursing, featuring personal accounts of nursing, midwifery and health visiting many years ago.
- Beyond Bed Pans - http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/60/
"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.
- National League for Nursing - http://www.nln.org/aboutnln/info-history.htm
A timeline of the history of the National League for Nursing, the pioneers in nursing education.
- History of Nursing at NNC - http://www.nnu.edu/academics/schools/nursing/history.htm
Information about Northwest Nazarene University nursing department from 1918 to 1998. Archived photographs available for viewing.
- Zwerdling Nursing Archives - http://www.nursepostcard.com/
Some very unique historic art and postcards of Nursing, medical, and healthcare.
- History of Nurse Anesthesia Practice - http://www.aana.com/archives/timeline.asp
Established in the late 1800s. Brief history page of the nurse anesthetists from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
- UBC School of Nursing - http://www.school.nursing.ubc.ca/about/history.html
A brief history page from the University of British Columbia, one of the oldest schools of nursing in Canada.
- Nursing: In the United States - http://search.eb.com/women/classic/C0028.html
Article by Lillian D. Wald referencing dates and descriptions of nursing associations, services and organizations.
- My Aunt, My Hero - http://www.ku.edu/carrie/specoll/medical/MaMh/MyAunt.htm
The story of Helen Fairchild, RN, a nurse in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. Written by Mrs Fairchild Rote, her niece.
- My Beloved Poilus - http://www.ku.edu/carrie/specoll/medical/canadian/cnurse.htm
Letters from France from 1914 written by a Canadian nurse. Several pictures depicting scenes during the war are featured on the site.
- Bangor Area Visiting Nurses - http://www.emh.org/bavn_mission.asp
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.
- Nurhis-L - http://listserv.uconn.edu/nurhis-l.html
An international mailing list for the discussion of nursing history.
- Nursing History Digitization Project - http://www.msvu.ca/library/archives/nhdp/
A collection of photographs and documents from nursing schools, pertaining to the history of nursing education in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- History of African-Americans in White - http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/beverlygordon/gordon/courses/863/nurses.html
A nurse educator's research and findings about early African-American nurses.
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