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Sister Freda Airey S R N: ‘lost at sea’ 12 February 1944
I volunteer with a thriving local history and archive group in my village of Arnside. A recent acquisition is the painstaking research of a resident, documenting every villager who died in WW1, WW2 and the Korean War. My attention was drawn to the only woman in the list, Sister Freda Airey. Who was she? How did she die?
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Nurses in Red - putting nurses back into history
Are you interested in the history of nursing and want to learn more? In this blog we describe our experiences in the History of Nursing Forum 'Nurses in Red' Project. We have a wiki learning event on February 3 2025, 1-3pm.
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Looking to trace a nurse from the past? Start here
Are you interested in tracing a nurse from the past? Maybe a family member, someone important to your field of practice, or who nursed at a significant point in our history? Are you wondering where to start looking? This updated guide is there to help you and is an excellent starting point.
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Matron Florence Birkin: one nurse's untold history
The Royal Berkshire Medical Museum Reading, holds the archive of Wallingford and Crowmarsh Joint Isolation Hospital (WCJIH) from its inception in 1899 to 1948. The archive provides a valuable insight into what a nurse’s duties consisted of prior to the establishment of the NHS in 1948. This blog looks at the untold story of Matron Florence Birkin.
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A Year in the Chair
Rebekah Hill reflects on her first year as Chair of the RCN Gastrointestinal Forum Committee.
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Asylum Years: Back to the Future? Glimpses of Institutional Life in the 1970s
This Blog looks at the forthcoming book Asylum Years: Back to the Future? Glimpses of Institutional Life in the 1970s, where readers are invited to step back in time and explore a world that has since vanished; the closed ecosystem of mental health institutions in the early 1970s.
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Raising the profile of pioneering nurses at the Glasgow Science Festival
This blog highlights our experience of running two events at the Glasgow Science Festival which shared the stories of pioneering nurses from Glasgow - tabletop activities in a museum and a walking tour of the Glasgow Necropolis cemetery with Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
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Do you have a history of nursing HIV-AIDs story to share?
Find out who our HIVStory oral history project interviewers are and where they are based, for our latest History of Nursing Forum project.
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Honouring Nursing History: V E Day, World War Two
In this Blog, Kerry talks about her visit to the British Memorial in Normandy and remembering the eightieth anniversary of Germany’s surrender on 8 May,1945 (V-E Day).
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Remembering Win Logan (1926-2025)
In this Blog, Janet looks at the rich and varied career of Win Logan, nurse educator and co-author of 'The Elements of Nursing'.
