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AAHN Nursing History 2000 Calendar A calendar of significant historical events in nursing history. http://www.aahn.org/calendar/

About Nurses and Nursing A collection of net links on nursing history and notable nurses, from About.com. http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/nursesandnursing/

American Association for the History of Nursing 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. http://www.aahn.org/

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses Historical overview of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit nurses(PACU, formerly known as Recovery Rooms). http://www.aspan.org/Historical.htm

Beyond Bed Pans "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. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/60/

Black Nurses in History Is both an excellent bibliography and guide to online resources. http://www4.umdnj.edu/camlbweb/blacknurses.html

Canadian Association for the History of Nursing Founded in 1987, CAHN promotes interest in the history of nursing and promotes scholarship in the field. Membership and scholarship information, book reviews and news. http://www.ualberta.ca/~jhibberd/CAHN_ACHN/

Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry Established in 1991 at the University of Virginia for the preservation of the history of Nursing. Online photographs and a highlighted collection. http://www.nursing.virginia.edu/Research/cnhi/

Center for the Study of Nursing History Historical scholarship on health care history and nursing in the United States. http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history/default.htm

Cherry Ames Series Devoted to the juvenile series about a mystery-solving nurse, written by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham, from 1943 to 1968. http://www.netwrx1.net/CherryAmes/

From the Decline/Dark Ages to Rebirth/Renaissance of Nursing Describes nursing conditions and influences during the late Middle Ages and Renaisaance. http://www.angelfire.com/fl/EeirensFaerieTales/NursingDeclineHistory.html

History of African-Americans in White A nurse educator's research and findings about early African-American nurses. http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/beverlygordon/gordon/courses/863/nurses.html

History of Nursing Slides 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. http://faculty.mc3.edu/rbenfiel/NUR109/NUR109NursingHistory/sld001.htm

A Journey Through Time An online scrapbook for University of Virginia Medical and Nursing Alumni. http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/scrap/cover.html

An 1895 Look At Nursing Excerpt from "Ambulance Work and Nursing" provides an enlightening look at the nursing environment of the day. http://enw.org/1895_Nursing.htm

Men in American Nursing History From prehistory to the present, an informative review. Includes suggestions for further reading. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6011/

My Aunt, My Hero The story of Helen Fairchild, RN, a nurse in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. Written by Mrs Fairchild Rote, her niece. http://www.vlib.us/medical/MaMh/MyAunt.htm

My Beloved Poilus Letters from France from 1914 written by a Canadian nurse. Several pictures depicting scenes during the war are featured on the site. http://www.vlib.us/medical/canadian/cnurse.htm

National League for Nursing A timeline of the history of the National League for Nursing, the pioneers in nursing education. http://www.nln.org/aboutnln/info-history.htm

Nurhis-L An international mailing list for the discussion of nursing history. http://listserv.uconn.edu/nurhis-l.html

Nurses Uniforms Past and Present Provides a growing image gallery of Nurses Uniforms from the '30s to the present. An interesting resource for historians and costume designers. Includes useful links. http://dyk2.homestead.com/Index.html

Nursing History Digitization Project A collection of photographs and documents from nursing schools, pertaining to the history of nursing education in Nova Scotia, Canada. http://www.msvu.ca/library/archives/nhdp/

Nursing: In the United States Article by Lillian D. Wald referencing dates and descriptions of nursing associations, services and organizations. http://search.eb.com/women/classic/C0028.html

Nursing Practice Act - The Armstrong Act of 1903 An account of the development of the role and title of registered nurses in the U.S. http://www.viahealth.org/body_rochester.cfm?id=516

Symbol of a Profession: One Hundred Years of Nurses' Caps 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. http://www.civilization.ca/hist/infirm/inint01e.html

Virginia Nursing History Highlights pertaining to the history of nursing schools, programs and organizations in Virginia from the 1890's to present. http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/speccoll/nursing/index.html

The Virtual Nurses' Memorial Dedicated to nurses who have died in the line of duty. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/6780/

Voices from the Past: Visions of the Future Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, history page. http://www.ana.org/centenn/centbegn.htm

Zwerdling Nursing Archives Some very unique historic art and postcards of Nursing, medical, and healthcare. http://www.nursepostcard.com/