Prof Alannah Tomkins
@AlannahTomkins
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Professor of Social History at Keele University: author of Medical Misadventure: on AHRC-funded 'Small bills and petty finance'
Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Joined February 2018
#HistNursing @RCPEHeritage
@AlannahTomkins speaking on An Uneasy Alliance -#nurses and #doctors 1660-1820 with Alison Tierney Chairing well worth a watch https://t.co/xAGT1hxl8D
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I had such a great time giving a lecture for the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh: it is now available at
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What a joy to be in Edinburgh when @UK_histnursing @AlannahTomkins is speaking @RCPEdin with @RCNScot Fellow Alison Tierney chairing #HistMed meets #HistNursing 💙
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Edinburgh #HistNursing treat 23 Oct, 6-7pm £3. @AlannahTomkins will speak @RCPEdin exploring the unstable working relationship between #nurses & #doctors before #nursing reform. Chair, Prof Alison Tierney https://t.co/7d1ASvyFYW
rcpe.ac.uk
Nurses and Doctors 1660-1820: An Uneasy Alliance
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The Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry and the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science invite submissions for papers in the history of science, medicine, and nursing for a joint conference in March 2025. Visit https://t.co/UZVV6ei64Q for details!
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#HistNursing @WikiWomenInRed
@RCNHistory have added Gertrude Richards to #Wikipedia Known for: her nursing leadership in #WW1 as Principal Matron, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service @rcn_dnf @qaranchistory @MusMilMed @qarancassn
https://t.co/R1sJOxdw1x
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It’s not too late to book in for this online event.
Join crime novelist Julie Anderson as she explores how an historic hospital, run by women for women, inspired her new novel. This event will run online on 5 September 2024. More info: https://t.co/tc6i6RoPf0
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Thanks to Margaret Graham and members of the RCN Northern Ireland History of Nursing Network we were pleased to share some interesting research about Irish nurses during the Second World War in our recent eZine. 👇 https://t.co/OOXrhtF2qx
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#ARA2024 @acbrown511
#ArchivesForever 1994 -2024 30 years of @HeritageFundUK 💙 This funding changed archives, provided huge opportunities for early careers archivists & helped embed professional standards in our work
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Interesting. The National Asylum Workers Union were involved in the strike at Nottinghamshire County Mental Hospital, Saxondale, in 1922.
nottinghamnursinghistory.wordpress.com
12 April 2022 marks the centenary of a dramatic strike led by Nottinghamshire female nurses at Nottinghamshire County Mental Hospital, Saxondale. They were protesting against wage cuts and increase…
#MHM50 week 35: health union objects. Established in 1910 as the National Asylum Workers Union, later changing to Mental Hospital & Institutional Workers' Union, this union represented people working in mental health hospitals & workhouses. Later it became part of COHSE then NUPE
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#HistNursing @RCNHistory collaborative project. Please sign up to get involved!
The RCN are holding an exhibition about the History of Prison Nursing. Would you like to be involved in planning and delivering this? See link below. https://t.co/lPwTc18ZP2
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#HistNursing @WikiWomenInRed
@RCNHistory have added Peggy Nuttal to #Wikipedia pioneering female-nurse-editor @NursingTimes Known for: commissioning specialist clinical articles by nurses, when Dr-authors were the norm https://t.co/vcB5PDZIsb
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Join us for the annual History of Nursing Forum lecture with Professor Christine Hallett reflecting on 30 years in nursing history. https://t.co/8gEjCWXRha Looking forward to seeing you all #HistNursing
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Check out an inventory of nursing movers and shakers in Nottinghamshire over the last 200 years
nottinghamnursinghistory.wordpress.com
British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) in Nottingham. Credit: R. Edlin-White Movers and ShapersOur Movers and Shapers document contains a detailed list of key individuals involved in nu…
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Woo hoo!!! 🎉🎉 Congratulations to Dr Jane Brooks @RCNHistory Our colleagues @AAHN_Nursing have awarded her their 2024 Lavinia Dock #HistNursing Book Award 📚 'Jewish Refugees & the British Nursing Profession' @HistNursing @NMSWResearch
https://t.co/QJCTZ18N7x
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🚨 Advert for an ESRC CASE Studentship to commence autumn 2024 - deadline 26 July. Informal queries welcome. Please RT!
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Super fabulous to meet up with Twitter history pals- lots of yarning with @Tofrek - a couple of beers & tall stories, Cloth hall in its nightly glory & possibly this is location where my Aussie Gdad billeted in WW1 if it’s the cavalry barracks ( 3rd photo) #kiwiontour
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#HistNursing a fascinating read on Jane Brook's latest research on #WW2 #refugees who became nurses in the UK Time for a tea break and a read! 📖🫖 https://t.co/iBl1l7J8rN
rcn.org.uk
Meet the courageous nurses who fled Nazi Germany and went on to help found the NHS
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I'm delighted to be speaking at the Buxton International Festival on the history of the Crescent 10 July. Details below.
buxtonfestival.co.uk
Buxton Crescent and its People, 1780-1840 Historian Peter Collinge returns to Buxton with stories of those who lived, worked and visited the Crescent. The Georgians were dazzled by what they referred...
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