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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 2h

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

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Annie Brewster - Wikipedia

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 3h

There’s a few more days to nominate your fellow RCN members for the RCN Awards ✨

Do you know a rep, forum member or other RCN member who has gone above and beyond recently?

Explore the categories and nominate before 17 October. https://bit.ly/47GpWdy

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 22h

RIP to Harald Godwinson who died 959 years ago today you would have loved Buckinghamshire Archives xx

A bit of the Bayeux Tapestry where Harold Godwinson gets shot right in the eye by an arrow.

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #HistNursing #Badge is from the #MarySeacole statue appeal.

Sold between 2004-16 as part of a fundraising campaign for the statue that now stands outside St Thomas' hospital

#BlackHistoryMonth

@rcnhistory.bsky.social

See more of #RCNArchives badges 👀
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round gilt and enamel badge. Black background with gilt text and detail. The text around the rim at the top 'Votest Greatest Black Briton' at bottom, 'Mary Seacole Statue Appeal' with an outline of Mary Seacole's face given in the centre.

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 23h

Of interest to nurse historians ? #histnursing @ukahn.bsky.social ?

Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · 1d

At @ihr.bsky.social we can now offer PhD by Publication in History! For those with a substantial body of existing published research (within past 10 years), but without a PhD, should be of particular interest to #heritage professionals and independent scholars!

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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · 4d

It's an hour to listen back to when you need a little food for the soul.

Find it on the Arena page on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website or wherever you get your podcasts.

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Arena Live - The Poems of Seamus Heaney

Live from the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire for a special event to mark the publication of The Poems of Seamus Heaney. Rick was joined by Bernard O’Donoghue and Rosie Lavan, who edited this new ed...

www.rte.ie

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Black History Month UK (Press Office) @ibhmuk.bsky.social · 1d

Earlier this year we launched our Black British Timeline video as part of the Legacies of Change: Windrush 2 Justice campaign think of it as the 1st half of this year’s story!
It’s the perfect companion to our #BHMUK25 Legacies of Change campaign & great resource to use in your classroom this mth

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Dr Jessamy Carlson @jessamycarlson.bsky.social · 1d

Want to learn more about tracing people in the past for your research? I’m running my life course tracing sessions again this year and more details are available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-...

Do come along and join in!

Practical Archival Skills Training: Life Course Tracing (19th and 20thC)

Eventbrite - The National Archives: for academic and research communities presents Practical Archival Skills Training: Life Course Tracing (19th and 20thC) - Thursday, 27 November 2025 - Find event an...

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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The University of Manchester Library @uomlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

We have recently added more digital archives to our collections to include a number of new collections exploring global challenges, humanitarian issues, cultural history, and scientific discovery. 🌍 💻 ow.ly/XVuU50X4oyW

Mirrors and glass panels form an angular, kaleidoscopic chamber with a square opening to the sky

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 1d

@loudoh.bsky.social I hadn’t spotted home place had moved over

Seamus Heaney HomePlace @shhomeplace.bsky.social · 6d

🎧Missed it live? Catch up now on BBC Sounds!

Yesterday evening on PM (BBC Radio 4), Matthew Hollis, editor of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, joined the programme to discuss the launch of the new definitive collection of Heaney's work.

Listen here > www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 1d

As cold and flu season kicks in, we're adjusting the office decor accordingly

These Tony Hancock-esque posters were issued by the Ministry of Health in 1958 #HistMed

[ mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/POW/... ]

1958 Ministry of Health poster. It includes two mugshots of a moustached and sneezing man, and the caption: 'WANTED ... a handkerchief COUGHS & SNEEZES SPREAD DISEASES Trap the germs in your handkerchief'/

1958 Ministry of Health poster. It includes includes a picture of a dinner queue, with a moustached man sneezing into a plate of food. The other four members of the canteen queue are glaring at him. The caption reads: 'coughs and sneezes spread diseases.. .. trap the germs in your handkerchief'.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 1d

Today, why not learn about the fascinating life of Lucille Mathurin-Mair (née Waldrond)—pioneer of Caribbean Women’s History, historian, diplomat, and champion of gender equality.

#BlackHistoryMonth #CaribbeanHistory #WomensHistory #GenderHist

womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 1d

This is a recently discovered 'suffragette chain'! Want to know more? Come and hear me speak on 'The Speakers and the Suffragettes', online and in person at the @histparl.bsky.social seminar at the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social on Tues 28 Oct at 5PM! Free - book here www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A black chain partly wrapped in white-ish thread with padlock on a white tablecloth

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 2d

#histnursing

Norfolk Record Office @norfolkro.bsky.social · 2d

On this day nurse #EdithCavell and #PhilipeBaucq were shot at dawn for helping allied soldiers to escape Belgium during the First World War. This is a letter from one of those soldiers.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 21

Remember, whenever you hear that “speed wasn’t a factor” in a deadly crash, what they mean is that the car involved wasn’t technically speeding. At least “not by much.” It presumes that the speed limit wasn’t too high to begin with.

When it comes to death from collisions, SPEED IS ALWAYS a factor.

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Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 2d

Archives in the news!

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Great coverage on the project Leontine and @camdiglib.bsky.social

#archives #digipres

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

www.bbc.com

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Stéise @booksparrow.bsky.social · 5d

‘The librarians’ is on iPlayer… this is not a drill!!! 📺📚🎉

LJMU Open Research Team @ljmuresearch.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to watching @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social which was on BBC's Storyville last night: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... For our UK followers (most of you!) Plenty of time to watch via BBC iplayer or via our Box of Broadcasts subscription. Free people read freely. 📚 💪

Storyville - The Librarians

A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #HistNursing #Badge is from the #MarySeacole statue appeal.

Sold between 2004-16 as part of a fundraising campaign for the statue that now stands outside St Thomas' hospital

#BlackHistoryMonth

@rcnhistory.bsky.social

See more of #RCNArchives badges 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive

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AJ Wright @ajwrightmls.bsky.social · 2d

Today's Vintage Book Covers: I see similarities here. More on the prolific Arlene Hale at tinyurl.com/3b9sd25y More on Shand at tinyurl.com/44kc4eaa & tinyurl.com/mryk944p #histmed #medicalhistory #medicalfiction

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d

"Isn't it all digitised?"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 2d

📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅

Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Front cover of Leah Leneman's 'The Scottish Suffragettes' featuring an image of an Ewardian woman in front of a 'Womens Freedom League' banner, and a second image of a busy suffrage march with banners that read 'Votes for Women'.

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

#HistNursing

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 4d

On the blog: “A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930–2000” by Olivia Mason. An important read on overlooked contributions to Britain’s healthcare system.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2022 #GenderHist

womenshistorynetwork.org/a-hidden-his...

A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930-2000 by Olivia Mason

In a standout piece from Olivia Mason of the Young Historians Project, we hear about the latest project of the group: A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930-2000. The …

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Dr. Wendy Maddocks RN @nursinghistory.bsky.social · 5d

All prepped for my part of the #HistNursing talk at the Christchurch Nurse’s chapel Saturday from 2 pm. We are talking on the life and lessons of the #WW2 nurses & linking to modern crisis nursing

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Daniel Mulhall @danmulhall.bsky.social · 4d

Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;
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So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you & me
Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall
Confident that we have built our wall.
Seamus Heaney ‘Scaffolding’

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 4d

#HistNursing

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 4d

It's a TUC one from 1937, as part of their campaign to unionise nurses. You should be able to see the whole document (including some great illustrations and a Sybil Thorndike endorsement) at cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

Trades Union Congress

cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org

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