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Danish Society of Nursing History
The Danish Society of Nursing History was founded 1997 in order to promote the interest in nursing history in Denmark, the Nordic countries and internationally and to support the Danish Museum of Nursing History.
http://dsr.dk/dshs.htm
Florence Nightengale
A brief history and annotated bibliography on Florence Nightengale.
http://www.kings.edu/womens_history/florence.html
UK Centre for the History of Nursing
A focus for nursing history; building awareness of its importance through education and research.
http://www.qmuc.ac.uk/hn/history/
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
Florence Nightingale: Lady with the Lamp
Florence Nightingale was distinctly not the romantic, retiring Victorian gentlewoman most of us imagine. Florence Nightingale was a bright, tough, driven professional, a brilliant organizer and statistician, and one of the most influential women in 19th-century England.
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/prm/blladywiththelamp...
Profile - Sophie Mannerheim
A famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. A Finnish stamp was dedicated to her.
http://home.c2i.net/amd/finwomen/mannerheim.htm
Our Army Nurses
Pictorial essay of what Civil War nurses wore. Excellent stories from Clara Barton, Ruth Sinnotte, Lucy Seaman Bainbridge and Jane Stuart Woolsey. Stories available for download(Adobe PDF format) and for purchase.
http://www.edinborough.com/Life/AtFront/Nurses.html
Psychiatric News: Dorothea Lynde Dix, A Woman Ahead of Her Time
Article by Janet Eddy Ordway about Dix's efforts on behalf of the mentally ill.
http://www.psych.org/pnews/98-10-16/hx.html
AII POW-MIA - FaxNetwork
An editorial by Chip Beck comparing Clara Barton and the MIA's with today's Defense MIA Office.
http://www.aiipowmia.com/faxnet/beckbarton1197.html
Kathleen's Mini-Encyclopedia: Dorothea Dix
A story about Dix's childhood for elementary school students.
http://www.ftlvn.k12.ks.us/Bradley/teachers/griffin/students...
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