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Florence Nightingale, OM (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was a pioneer of modern nursing. She was also a noted statistician.
Early life
Florence Nightingale was born into a wealthy and well-connected British family at the Villa Colombaia in Florence, Italy. She was named after the city of her birth, as was her older sister (named Parthenope, the Greek name for the city of Naples).
Inspired by what she understood to be a divine calling (first experienced in 1837 at the age of 17 at Embley Park and later throughout her life), Nightingale made a commitment to nursing. This decision demonstrated a strong will on her part; it constituted a rebellion against the expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become an obedient wife. At the time, nursing was a career with a poor reputation, filled mostly by poorer women, "hangers-on" who followed the armies; they were equally likely to function as cooks. Nightingale would announce her decision to enter nursing to her family in 1845, evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
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A Journey Through Time - An online scrapbook for University of Virginia Medical and Nursing Alumni.
AAHN Nursing History 2000 Calendar - A calendar of significant historical events in nursing history.
Meta Description: [ Calendar of significant events in nursing history ]
About Nurses and Nursing - A collection of net links on nursing history and notable nurses, from About.com.
Meta Description: [ Nursing and nurses in women's history, including pioneer women nurses. ]
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.
Meta Description: [ American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) is a professional organization which fosters the importance of history in understanding the present and guiding the future of nursing, ]
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses - Historical overview of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit nurses(PACU, formerly known as Recovery Rooms).
An 1895 Look At Nursing - Excerpt from Ambulance Work and Nursing provides an enlightening look at the nursing environment of the day.
Meta Description: [ Emergency Nursing World's look at nursing as described in 1895 by a British author ]
Bangor Area Visiting Nurses - In 1913, Edith Bicknell was the sole registered nurse of the Bangor Area Visiting Nurses. A short history of this nursing service, which still exists today.
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.
Black Nurses in History - Is both an excellent bibliography and guide to online resources.
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.
Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry - Established in 1991 at the University of Virginia for the preservation of the history of Nursing. Especially interesting are the online photographs and a highlighted collection.
Center for the Study of Nursing History - Historical scholarship on health care history and nursing in the United States.
Cherry Ames Series - Devoted to the juvenile series about a mystery-solving nurse, written by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham, from 1943 to 1968.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to The Cherry Ames Page, devoted to the job-hopping, mystery-solving nurse who starred in a popular juvenile series by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham. ]
History of African-Americans in White - A nurse educator's research and findings about early African-American nurses.
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History of Nurse Anesthesia Practice - Established in the late 1800s. Brief history page of the nurse anesthetists from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
History of Nursing at NNC - Information about Northwest Nazarene University nursing department from 1918 to 1998. Archived photographs available for viewing.
Meta Description: [ Northwest Nazarene University offers a distinctly Christian Education. ]
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.
How Nursing Advanced from the 19th Century - Archived articles on nursing history from the University of Toledo libraries.
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.
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.
National League for Nursing - A timeline of the history of the National League for Nursing, the pioneers in nursing education.
Nurhis-L - An international mailing list for the discussion of nursing history.
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.
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Nursing History Digitization Project - A collection of photographs and documents from nursing schools, pertaining to the history of nursing education in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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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.
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Nursing: In the United States - Article by Lillian D. Wald referencing dates and descriptions of nursing associations, services and organizations.
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.
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UBC School of Nursing - A brief history page from the University of British Columbia, one of the oldest schools of nursing in Canada.
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Virginia Nursing History - Highlights pertaining to the history of nursing schools, programs and organizations in Virginia from the 1890's to present.
Voices from the Past: Visions of the Future - Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, history page.
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Wilcox College of Nursing - 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).
Zwerdling Nursing Archives - Some very unique historic art and postcards of Nursing, medical, and healthcare.
Meta Description: [ Offering the most fascinating nursing book ever published. ]
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