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‘Scenes of the wildest description’
Professor Claire Chatterton remembers the Radcliffe strikers 100 years on from the explosive events
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Empire, racism and the NHS: the history of sickle cell disorder
Dr Grace Redhead explores the vital role nurses played in creating specialist sickle cell services
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‘History shows that when members act, they are formidable’
For more than 200 years, trade unions have been advocating for workers. But what have they achieved? And is industrial action an effective way to drive change?
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Nursing on the factory floor
From coal mines to factories, Tracey explains how occupational health nursing has evolved with the times
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Starving while caring
History of Nursing Forum member Jane Brooks looks at the importance of feeding and nutrition through the eyes of interned nurses caring for prisoners of war during the Second World War
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What do witches and nurses have in common?
Professor Nicola Ring’s new research into the Scottish healers and midwives accused of witchcraft 400 years ago reveals secrets about the origins of nursing
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Eliza’s lessons: infection control in 1887
How did nursing staff deal with infectious diseases in the 19th century? This nursing student’s notes reveal parallels with the COVID-19 pandemic
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'Nursing history goes beyond Nightingale'
We shouldn’t forget the other nurses and midwives instrumental in shaping the profession, says Tamsin Smith from the RCN History of Nursing Forum
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Molly Murphy: the life of an activist nurse
Suffragette, revolutionary and wartime nurse – discover the extraordinary history of nurse Molly
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Nursing history: 20 icons remembered
Discover how the RCN's nursing history experts are preserving the legacy of brilliant nurses in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
