Historical scholarship on health care history and nursing in the United States.

Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, history page.

Historical overview of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit nurses(PACU, formerly known as Recovery Rooms).

Excerpt from "Ambulance Work and Nursing" provides an enlightening look at the nursing environment of the day.

A calendar of significant historical events in nursing history.

Dedicated to nurses who have died in the line of duty.

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.

Is both an excellent bibliography and guide to online resources.

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.

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).

Archived articles on nursing history from the University of Toledo libraries.

A collection of net links on nursing history and notable nurses, from About.com.

Highlights pertaining to the history of nursing schools, programs and organizations in Virginia from the 1890's to present.

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.

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.

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.

An online scrapbook for University of Virginia Medical and Nursing Alumni.

Articles on the history of nursing, featuring personal accounts of nursing, midwifery and health visiting many years ago.

"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.

A timeline of the history of the National League for Nursing, the pioneers in nursing education.

Information about Northwest Nazarene University nursing department from 1918 to 1998. Archived photographs available for viewing.

Some very unique historic art and postcards of Nursing, medical, and healthcare.

Established in the late 1800s. Brief history page of the nurse anesthetists from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

A brief history page from the University of British Columbia, one of the oldest schools of nursing in Canada.

Article by Lillian D. Wald referencing dates and descriptions of nursing associations, services and organizations.

The story of Helen Fairchild, RN, a nurse in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. Written by Mrs Fairchild Rote, her niece.

Describes nursing conditions and influences during the late Middle Ages and Renaisaance.

Letters from France from 1914 written by a Canadian nurse. Several pictures depicting scenes during the war are featured on the site.

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.

An international mailing list for the discussion of nursing history.

A collection of photographs and documents from nursing schools, pertaining to the history of nursing education in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Devoted to the juvenile series about a mystery-solving nurse, written by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham, from 1943 to 1968.

A nurse educator's research and findings about early African-American nurses.

An account of the development of the role and title of registered nurses in the U.S.