When I suggested the “Beyond Florence” series to the team at Nursing Clio, I didn’t set out to “cancel” Florence […]
They Are More Than Research Subjects: Recognizing the Accomplishments of Black Canadian Nurses
Moving Beyond Borders: A History of Black Canadian and Caribbean Women in the Diaspora is based on extensive interviews I […]
Rediscovering (and Redefining) Clara Barton’s Story
The building was due to be demolished until a carpenter checked the attic. Among old socks and newspapers was a […]
African Americans, Slavery, and Nursing in the US South
In 2016, a statue of Jamaican-born nurse and businesswoman Mary Seacole was erected outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Seacole’s […]
Black Before Florence: Black Nurses, Enslaved Labor, and the British Royal Navy, 1790–1820
Throughout the eighteenth century, the British Royal Navy embarked on a scheme of hospital construction in the Atlantic World. The […]
Garbage Bags and Tomato Cans: The History of Nurses Making Basic Equipment Out of Trash
In spring 2020, images of nurses treating patients while wearing garbage bags instead of standard disposable gowns symbolized both the […]
Nursing Justice: Filipino Immigrant Nurse Activism in the United States
When you think about trailblazing women in American nursing history, do Filipino nurses come to mind? Probably not. But they […]
Nursing for Generations: Kiowa Peoplehood in the Work of Laura Pedrick
When smallpox erupted across the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation in 1900, local people began to panic. Experienced Kiowa and […]
Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail and Histories of Native American Nursing
I first encountered Susie Yellowtail (Crow) in a July 1934 letter in which a physician on her reservation condemned her […]
The Racist Lady with the Lamp
Nursing historiography is centered on whiteness. Even worse, nursing history revolves largely around a single white nurse: Florence Nightingale. This, […]
