Roz Edden
@rozedden.bsky.social
PhD candidate University of Birmingham researching nineteenth century smallpox epidemic in Gloucester. Former nurse, now outreach teacher with hospital education.
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✨ New article from Midland History ✨
Discover the rise and fall of the Moon baronetcy of Coventry and what it tells us about modern attitudes towards hereditary honours by @brandontaylorian.bsky.social
Read online now, available #openaccess 👇
doi.org/10.1080/0047...
Discover the rise and fall of the Moon baronetcy of Coventry and what it tells us about modern attitudes towards hereditary honours by @brandontaylorian.bsky.social
Read online now, available #openaccess 👇
doi.org/10.1080/0047...
The Moon Baronets of Copsewood Grange, Coventry: Rise, Decline and Dormancy in a Late Victorian Industrial Baronetcy
The dormancy of a baronetcy may appear a minor historical detail, yet it illuminates the changing meanings and limits of hereditary honour in modern Britain. This article examines the rise, decline...
doi.org
September 29, 2026 at 9:33 AM
✨ New article from Midland History ✨
Discover the rise and fall of the Moon baronetcy of Coventry and what it tells us about modern attitudes towards hereditary honours by @brandontaylorian.bsky.social
Read online now, available #openaccess 👇
doi.org/10.1080/0047...
Discover the rise and fall of the Moon baronetcy of Coventry and what it tells us about modern attitudes towards hereditary honours by @brandontaylorian.bsky.social
Read online now, available #openaccess 👇
doi.org/10.1080/0047...
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Do join us in London for this special #histnursing lecture
The @rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing Annual Lecture with the amazing Prof Sioban Nelson is open for booking #TradeUnions ✊📣
@sslh.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
In person
Free
29 Oct 2026, 18:00 - 20:00
20 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London, W1G ORN
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
@sslh.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
In person
Free
29 Oct 2026, 18:00 - 20:00
20 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London, W1G ORN
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
RCN History of Nursing Lecture: "Into the Ring: the Rise of Unionism"| Event | Royal College of Nursing
Join us for the annual RCN History of Nursing Lecture, delivered by Professor Emeritus Sioban Nelson, on nursing's material culture.
www.rcn.org.uk
September 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Do join us in London for this special #histnursing lecture
Re-posting just in case you missed my article on the work of Gloucester’s district nurses during a smallpox epidemic. Delighted to have been awarded first prize @midlandhistory.bsky.social 🥳 #nursinghistory #gloucestershirehistory
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘A Bright Spot in Their Poor City’: The Work of Gloucester’s District Nurses During the 1896 Smallpox Epidemic
This paper examines the response of the Gloucester District Nursing Society to a major epidemic of smallpox in the city at the end of the nineteenth century. Unable to cope with the high numbers co...
www.tandfonline.com
September 24, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Re-posting just in case you missed my article on the work of Gloucester’s district nurses during a smallpox epidemic. Delighted to have been awarded first prize @midlandhistory.bsky.social 🥳 #nursinghistory #gloucestershirehistory
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📣 Less than 6 weeks to go until 31st October 📣
September 21, 2026 at 9:17 AM
📣 Less than 6 weeks to go until 31st October 📣
Today’s interruptions /distractions.
1. Sight test and the excitement of buying new spectacles. 2. Taking the dog to hydrotherapy
1. Sight test and the excitement of buying new spectacles. 2. Taking the dog to hydrotherapy
September 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Today’s interruptions /distractions.
1. Sight test and the excitement of buying new spectacles. 2. Taking the dog to hydrotherapy
1. Sight test and the excitement of buying new spectacles. 2. Taking the dog to hydrotherapy
Enjoyable walk exploring south east London’s three peaks. Another of the magnificent seven cemeteries ticked off into the bargain
September 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Enjoyable walk exploring south east London’s three peaks. Another of the magnificent seven cemeteries ticked off into the bargain
Another brilliant Green Man festival this year
August 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Another brilliant Green Man festival this year
The best start to the day
August 17, 2026 at 6:38 AM
The best start to the day
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🥇 Available now via #openaccess, the 2025 Midland History Essay Prize winner🥇
@rozedden.bsky.social shines a spotlight on the vital role played by Gloucester's district nurses in caring for their community during the 1896 smallpox epidemic
Read online 👇
doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2026.2707076
@rozedden.bsky.social shines a spotlight on the vital role played by Gloucester's district nurses in caring for their community during the 1896 smallpox epidemic
Read online 👇
doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2026.2707076
‘A Bright Spot in Their Poor City’: The Work of Gloucester’s District Nurses During the 1896 Smallpox Epidemic
This paper examines the response of the Gloucester District Nursing Society to a major epidemic of smallpox in the city at the end of the nineteenth century. Unable to cope with the high numbers co...
doi.org
August 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
🥇 Available now via #openaccess, the 2025 Midland History Essay Prize winner🥇
@rozedden.bsky.social shines a spotlight on the vital role played by Gloucester's district nurses in caring for their community during the 1896 smallpox epidemic
Read online 👇
doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2026.2707076
@rozedden.bsky.social shines a spotlight on the vital role played by Gloucester's district nurses in caring for their community during the 1896 smallpox epidemic
Read online 👇
doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2026.2707076
Amazed at how much personal information the person sitting opposite me on the train is inadvertently divulging
during a phone call. Theirs is the only voice - the WHOLE carriage is listening.
during a phone call. Theirs is the only voice - the WHOLE carriage is listening.
July 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Amazed at how much personal information the person sitting opposite me on the train is inadvertently divulging
during a phone call. Theirs is the only voice - the WHOLE carriage is listening.
during a phone call. Theirs is the only voice - the WHOLE carriage is listening.
New Year’s Eve walk ☀️Bredon Hill
December 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New Year’s Eve walk ☀️Bredon Hill
Longing for the days when you could depend on the train you booked actually running. A seat would be nice too 😬
December 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Longing for the days when you could depend on the train you booked actually running. A seat would be nice too 😬
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4 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every minute.
#BreastCancer can have a variety of symptoms, especially when more advanced.
Early diagnosis increases the chances for successful treatment 👉 bit.ly/47fqDZy
#BreastCancer can have a variety of symptoms, especially when more advanced.
Early diagnosis increases the chances for successful treatment 👉 bit.ly/47fqDZy
October 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
4 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every minute.
#BreastCancer can have a variety of symptoms, especially when more advanced.
Early diagnosis increases the chances for successful treatment 👉 bit.ly/47fqDZy
#BreastCancer can have a variety of symptoms, especially when more advanced.
Early diagnosis increases the chances for successful treatment 👉 bit.ly/47fqDZy
It’s that time of year again.
October 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s that time of year again.
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The Society's AGM followed immediately by The SSHM Lecture 2025 with Jeremy Greene (all welcome).
'Wasted medicines and medical wastes: Notes from the trash-heap of medical history'
📅Monday 6 October [Online]
🕰️4:00-5:30pm (UK time)
Register via the link on the webpage
#histmed #histSTM
'Wasted medicines and medical wastes: Notes from the trash-heap of medical history'
📅Monday 6 October [Online]
🕰️4:00-5:30pm (UK time)
Register via the link on the webpage
#histmed #histSTM
SSHM AGM & The SSHM Lecture 2025
Monday 6 October [Online] 4:00 – 5:30pm (UK time) As required, the Society gives notice to members that the Annual General Meeting to formally accept the accounts for 2024 and for…
sshm.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Heading off to Berlin for the EAHMH conference 👏
August 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Heading off to Berlin for the EAHMH conference 👏
Too many repetitive and unnecessary questions. He’s almost 93, he has dementia, a recent hip fracture, IDA and COPD. He’s breathless and in pain. Won’t that do? And I’ve been charged £10 for my efforts 😬
May 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Too many repetitive and unnecessary questions. He’s almost 93, he has dementia, a recent hip fracture, IDA and COPD. He’s breathless and in pain. Won’t that do? And I’ve been charged £10 for my efforts 😬