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Former nurses:

Kaye Lani Rafko

     Miss America 1988

Naomi Judd  

     Country singer

Louisa May Alcott  

     Writer

 

All links on this page go to images as described. All pictures are  linked to the sites where those  images are found.

The North's Unsung Sisters of Mercy

Photo of Dorothea Dix

Dorothy Dix grave Cambridge

The Florence Nightingale Story 3 pictures at various ages

What Army Nurses Wore Large series of photos depicting nursing attire in the Civil War

Black Nurses in History Click to see images of illustrious black nurses

Nurse Helen Fairchild, My Aunt, My Hero  

2 drawings of nurse's uniforms 1917-1923

Center for The Study of The History of Nursing Large collection of photographs. Click on Gallery.

On-line Scrapbook for UVA Medical and Nursing Alumni Time lines 1935-1999 with photos

Mary Ann Whitaker Smithsonian. Click "here" on bottom paragraph to view graduation photo

Nursing Sisters One B&W photo of a military nurse in uniform.

Military Nurses of Canada 3 photos, 1942-1946

Blanche Lavallée, 1916 portrait Nurse in WWI

My Beloved PoilusLetters from a Canadian girl, caring for the wounded in France at an Army Ambulance, B&W photos

Clendening Digitized Library Search vast numbers of images

Canadian Nursing Sisters Each link goes to a story with a photo and the photo album page has 12 pictures

Representations of WWII Nurses in Movietone Newsreels Article about the military's propaganda to encourage nurses to enlist. Includes photos and an animated clip
Sister M.M. Joseph, of the Sisters of Mercy Served in a military hospital at Beaufort, Civil War, 1 photo

Edith Cavell , Executed by firing squad, B&W photo

Nurses in Uniform - A Celebration of Styles from the 1930's to The Present Day. Over 125 pages of nurses' images. 

Nurses' Caps  Same as above, 19 photos. Another page has photos of masks and scrubs.

UBC School of Nursing Canada One B&W photo 1920

Military Nurses of Canada 3 photos

 

 

Juliet Ann Opie Hopkins, Nurse, Confederate States Photo of her and of her grave.

Monuments to Women Warriors One photo of Jane Delano's monument, a statue of her watching over the nurses at Arlington

U.S. Navy Recruiting Posters, World War I

ANA The Hall of Fame Photos of inductees

Dessert Shield/Storm Art Downloadable

Australian Hospital Ship CENTAUR which sank in 1943 Photos of the ship and the 12 nurses aboard

Civilian Nurses - Australian Surgical Teams Vietnam (CN-ASTV) 3 pictures of nurses

Victorian Nurses in the Boer War Photos, post cards. Photo of the Royal Red Cross, medal awarded to Marrianne Rawson

Sister Elizabeth Kenny Treatment of Polio, 3 photos plus one on the link, "And they shall walk"

.Brave Women of the South Pacific Links to incidents occurring during the war with pictures on each page.

Australian Service Nurses National Memorial Photo of the memorial

Canadian Association for the History of Nursing (CAHN/ACHN)  1 photo: Public health nurse, Dorothy Smith in horse drawn carriage.

Military Women's Uniforms - Past and Present   Thumbnails of uniforms 1776 - present

Library of Congress Search by keyword, type in "nurses." 15 photos

American memory Use search. Lots of photos with captions

Station Stop, Red Cross Ambulance 1942, tempera and pen and ink by William H. Johnson

Ethel Bedford Fenwick  Founded the British Nursing Association nd the British Journal of Nursing in 1893. (Internurse)

Gravesites of Prominent Nurses  31 nurses' grave site photos

Florence Nightingale memorial  grave site photo

Women Medal Recipients - Military and Civilian Photos of medals awarded to women

WASP Gallery 1940's B&W cartoons, photos of  WASP wings, medals, and patches, recruitment posters, an old scrap book and fashions. It even has pictures of WASP paper doll clothes.

Nurses uniforms past and present A personal collection of images.

 

 

Birth Control Pioneer Emma Goldman was a nurse midwife and Margaret Sanger's mentor. Click through the links for more photos.

Military Women on Stamps and Post cards

 

Martha Ballard's Diary Online an American midwife and healer in the 1700s

Sarah Barton's Grave 3 photos

Florence Nightingale Letters at the Clendening Library Original letters in her handwriting

Images of Nurses1860s-1990s Click "next" to start.

WWI Women's Posters WWI

Sanctuary Photo Album Collection of hospital ships. A few photos of the nurses aboard.

Frontier Nursing Service Mary Breckinridge photos, includes one of her in uniform on her horse

Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry          

8 photos taken between 1925-1970

Women Were There - The Wars of 1812 and 1846 and the Spanish American War Pictures are small and don't enlarge

WWII Women's Recruiting Posters Small photos of posters

Connecticut Training School for Nurses, 1873 Hospital pictures and photo of school pins

 

Australian War Graves in South Africa  Medical staff, includes Francis Hines

National Archives of Canada Photo Search. Submiting "nurse" brings up 14 photos.

New Zealand's Participation in the South African ('Boer') War 1899-1902 Frames page. Go to Gallery

Frances Hines Nursing sister. photos of her and her grave

Hemingway's first love, Nurse Agnes von Kurowsky 1892-1984 Photo of Kurowsky who later became a primary model for the heroine in his novel of World War I, A Farewell to Arms.
American Red Cross poster published during WWI. Teaching history online

Chinese Public Health Posters Some are translated

Post Card:  WAACS at Right Dress 1945 One post card honoring women in WWII

United Food & Commercial Workers International Union