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Nurses Salaries Committee - Wikipedia

Alongside biographical articles #NursesInRed #Wikipedia are writting up key milestones πŸ’™

e.g. The #Nurses Salaries Committee 1941-1943 first official body to fix salary scales & conditions for nursing in #England

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurses_...

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Also #NursesInRed @rcnhistory.bsky.social
#WomensHistory #HistNursing πŸ’™

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Laura Holroyde - Wikipedia

Meet Laura Holroyde RRC&Bar (1881-1958)πŸ’™

Born in #Nottingham Trained in #London
#WW1 Military Matron
Matron of the London Fever Hospital 25+years, and founder member of the Royal College of Nursing

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_H...

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Harriet Alsop - Wikipedia

Harriet Alsop MBE (1867-1950) πŸ’™

Born in #Rugby Trained in #Birmingham
Worked in #Leeds & #Kensington an advocate for nurse training & registration of Poor Law Infirmaries
Lobbied for nurse pensions

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet...

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Henrietta Hannath - Wikipedia

Meet Henrietta Hannath RRC (1863–1939) πŸ’™

Born in #Worksop Trained in #London
Worked in #Bristol & #Wolverhampton
#WW1 #Matron '5th Northern General Hospital' #Leicester
#RCN Member No. 875 πŸ₯‡

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriet...

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Mary McAlister - Wikipedia

As well as writing new entries we're improving existing ones

Meet Mary McAlister CBE (1896-1976) πŸ’™

Born #Rathmullan Trained #Glasgow She was the first nurse to be elected a UK Member of Parliament

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mc...

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

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Good to hear ! Happy to share our experiences and learning on wiki editing . #nursesinred #histnursing

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Justus A. Akinsanya - Wikipedia

As well as writing new entries we've improved existing ones

Meet Justus Akinsanya DBE FRCN (1936-2005) πŸ’™

Born in #Nigeria He came to London in 1936 becoming a registered fever nurse Was very impactful research nurse

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_...

#HistNursing
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

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Wikipedia as a platform for engagement | Blogs | Royal College of Nursing Wikipedia as a platform for engagement: widening public knowledge of Scottish nurses

Excellent blog on #histnursing and #nursesinred RCn Wikipedia project www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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#histnursing #nursesinred #wimeninred

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Catherine Hall (nurse) - Wikipedia

As well as writing new entries we've improved existing ones

Meet Dame Catherine Mary Hall DBE FRCN (1922-1996) πŸ’™

Born in #Sheffield Was very impactful General Secretary @rcn.org.uk 1957–82

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catheri...

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Marget Husband - Wikipedia

Meet Marget Husband RRC (1887-1986) πŸ’™

Born in #Fife a farmer's daughter
Trained in #Edinburgh & #Aberdeen
Worked in #Cardiff ##Newport
Became #Matron #Glasgow Royal Infirmary
#RCN Council Member

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marget_...

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Thanks for sharing … the RCN History of Nursing Forum runs a group #nursesinred to try to address this issue . We too find meeting the notability criteria for many influential nurses of the past challenging #histnursing @dohertyta.bsky.social @rcnlibraries.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk

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Swandean Isolation Hospital - Wikipedia

Welcome to #Swandean Isolation #Hospital nr #Worthing

This is a new #Wikipedia hospital article which includes Matron Rose Agnes Hall (1869–1947) who trained at The London Hospital πŸ’™

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #HistMed

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swandea...

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Edith G Manners - Wikipedia

Meet Edith Manners OBE (1899-1966) πŸ’™

Born in #Blyth #Northumberland She trained at Glasgow. Took posts around the UK. Was #Matron #Glasgow Royal Infirmary 1947-60, leading the move to the #NHS

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_G...

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List of nurses - Wikipedia

The VERY useful list of #HistNursing #nurses with #Wikipedia articles has been updated πŸ“–πŸ’™

Stories of amazing professionals await!

@rcnhistory.bsky.social #Wikipedia group use the list to inform their #NursesInRed project πŸ₯³

#WomensHistory #WomenInRed

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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Lambeth Hospital (Brook Drive) - Wikipedia

Some of our #NursesInRed editors are interested in #London County Council (LCC) #hospital matrons

Here's their entry for #Lambeth Hospital Brook Drive 1876-1976 - naming Matrons Griffiths, Byles & Woodman

#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory #WomenInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeth...

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Wilby Hart - Wikipedia

Meet Wilby Hart RVM (1881-1967), a stone mason, sculptor, AND nurse to royalty πŸ’™

Born in #Bombay Trained @ The London Hospital under Luckes. As pt of their Private Nursing Institute nursed royals

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilby_H...

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Edith Greaves - Wikipedia

Meet Edith Greaves MBE (1880-1967) πŸ’™

A farmer's daughter, born in #Worcester Trained at The London Hospital. Matron, City of London Maternity Hospital for 32+ years

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_G...

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Meet Dorothy Sandys Coode OBE (1873 - 1967) πŸ’™

Born #StAustell She trained & worked her whole career at St Thomas’ Hospital where she intro developments in #nurse training. President of @rcn.org.uk

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

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The Nurses' Chapel - Wikipedia

This week's #NursesInRed #Wikipedia entry is a poignant one

#LestWeForget the Nurses Chapel in Westminster Abbey was opened in 1950 honouring the nurses, midwives & auxiliaries;
with a roll of honour for #WW2 deceased

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nur...

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Katherine McCall Anderson - Wikipedia

Meet Katherine Edith McCall Anderson RRC & Bar (1866–1924) πŸ’™

Born in #Glasgow Her 1901 RRC was for serving in the 2nd Boer War, the 1919 Bar for #WW1

Matron St George's #London; Buried in Glasow

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katheri...

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Hilda Marjorie Simpson OBE FRCN (1914-1992)πŸ’™

Trained at St Thomas' London, she went on to work @rcn.org.uk leading on education.

A huge influence in nurse-education she founded the successful @rcnresearchforum.bsky.social

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

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Thanks for sharing - useful reading
#wikipedia is a key place where we need to shift the gender bias (currently only 19% W articles are of women)
Which in turn is a fight to shift AI-data gender bias
#WomenInRed #NursesInRed ✊

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Catherine Black (nurse) - Wikipedia

Meet Catherine Black MVO MBE RRC (1878-1949) πŸ’™

Born in #Ramelton #Donegal trained by Eva Luckes at The London Hospital in 1905, a #WW1 nurse, also nursed King George V.

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catheri...

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Annie Brewster - Wikipedia

Meet Annie Brewster (1858-1902)

Born #StVincent #Caribbean In 1884 trained to be a specialist Ophthalmic nurse at the London Hospital till her death

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia #BlackHistoryMonth @rcnhistory.bsky.social

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_B...

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Kathleen Robb - Wikipedia

Meet Kathleen Robb, OBE, OStJ, FRCN (1923–2020)πŸ’™

Born in #Belfast last matron of the Royal Victoria Hospital. Advocate for @rcn.org.uk she was on RCN Council for 20 years

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

@rcnhistory.bsky.social

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathlee...

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Annie McIntosh - Wikipedia

Meet Annie McIntosh CBE RRC (1871-1951)

Born in #Herefordshire Matron at St Barts. Active in representing nurses in many committees she was an active RCN Council member

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia @bharchives.bsky.social

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_M...

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Congratulations @histnurse.bsky.social for raising the profile of #histnursing #nursesinred πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Eliza Mackenzie - Wikipedia

Meet Eliza Mackenzie (1816-1892)

Born in #Glasgow Naval Superintendent of nurses in the Crimean War

Her career led to formation of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) in 1902

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_M...

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