Wendy A. Maddocks, A Broken Nurse of the Great War. The annotated diary of Sister Mabel Crook NZANS (The author: 2024) Wendy Maddocks has undertaken a welcome act of scholarship in transcribing the diary of Mabel Crook (1887-1974). Crook left New Zealand in 1915 to nurse casualties of the First Read more
We are delighted to announce Susan Armstrong- Reid as the key-note speaker for the forthcoming Colloquium. Susan is Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Guelph, Ontario. In her research she seeks to progressively give voice to and interrogate nursing’s complex and contested contribution to global health and humanitarianism. Read more
Professor Christine Hallett has recently been appointed as Professor of Nursing History. She has written a number of books on the subject and her latest volume is due for publication in December, which will explore the story and life of famous Great War nurse Edith Cavell. On Saturday 10 November, Read more
The Child as Scientific Problem—and Business Opportunity: Paediatric Drug Policy in the United States, 1933-1979 This seminar is co-presented by The University of Manchester’s Health Services Research Centre (HSRC), Centre for the History of Science, Technology of Medicine (CHSTM) and the UK Association for the History of Nursing (UKAHN). Stephanie Read more