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Historical scholarship on health care history and nursing in the United States.

Information about Northwest Nazarene University nursing department from 1918 to 1998. Archived photographs available for viewing.

Is both an excellent bibliography and guide to online resources.

Describes nursing conditions and influences during the late Middle Ages and Renaisaance.

An international mailing list for the discussion of nursing history.

Dedicated to nurses who have died in the line of duty.

"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.

The story of Helen Fairchild, RN, a nurse in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. Written by Mrs Fairchild Rote, her niece.

Devoted to the juvenile series about a mystery-solving nurse, written by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham, from 1943 to 1968.

From prehistory to the present, an informative review. Includes suggestions for further reading.

A nurse educator's research and findings about early African-American nurses.

Articles on the history of nursing, featuring personal accounts of nursing, midwifery and health visiting many years ago.

Established in the late 1800s. Brief history page of the nurse anesthetists from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

Article by Lillian D. Wald referencing dates and descriptions of nursing associations, services and organizations.

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.

Historical overview of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit nurses(PACU, formerly known as Recovery Rooms).

Highlights pertaining to the history of nursing schools, programs and organizations in Virginia from the 1890's to present.

A timeline of the history of the National League for Nursing, the pioneers in nursing education.

Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, history page.

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).

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.

A calendar of significant historical events in nursing history.

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.

Archived articles on nursing history from the University of Toledo libraries.

A collection of net links on nursing history and notable nurses, from About.com.