Janet Hargreaves
@janeth56.bsky.social
Retired nurse. Enthusiastic explorer of history - particularly nursing. A reader, a walker & a dreamer for a just world.
Well done Sarah Rogers! for this meticulously researched biography of the amazing 'maker of matrons' - Eva Luckes, the iconic matron of The London. One of the early trend - setting Victorian British nurses.
#histnursing
#histnursing
The Matron Maker: Eva Lückes: Nursing Reformer and Nightingale Protégée
Buy The Matron Maker: Eva Lückes: Nursing Reformer and Nightingale Protégée by Rogers, Dr Sarah (ISBN: 9781066775101) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
August 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Well done Sarah Rogers! for this meticulously researched biography of the amazing 'maker of matrons' - Eva Luckes, the iconic matron of The London. One of the early trend - setting Victorian British nurses.
#histnursing
#histnursing
Looking forward to being there - thanks for all the hard work that goes into planning this day, always a pleasure to be there
Counting down to our #histnursing event 1st June @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social . Programme out and booking open - hope to see your there !
Pleased to share the programme for 1st June UKAHN Colloquium at Kingston University London is now available ukahn.org/2026-colloqu... Registration is here store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-... . Hope to see you there !
May 6, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Looking forward to being there - thanks for all the hard work that goes into planning this day, always a pleasure to be there
Very good to be back at the Labour History Archive at the People's History Museum, reading through pictures and Molly's letters home when she was nursing in the Spanish Civil War. Thanks to archivist Darren for looking after us. #MollyMurphy #HistNursing
April 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Very good to be back at the Labour History Archive at the People's History Museum, reading through pictures and Molly's letters home when she was nursing in the Spanish Civil War. Thanks to archivist Darren for looking after us. #MollyMurphy #HistNursing
What an interesting publication. Thanks for sharing this - we are so far away from some of these ideas that its easy to forget what education can and should be
Brilliant new issue of the online journal Workers of the World - all articles are free to download
April 22, 2026 at 6:45 AM
What an interesting publication. Thanks for sharing this - we are so far away from some of these ideas that its easy to forget what education can and should be
Well done @rcnlibraries for an excellent exhibition. Historic context, memories and collaboration with current prisoners and nurses offer a window into this hidden, but essential nursing speciality. Currently at the Edinburgh library, and open to the Fringe! #hustnursing #edfringe
April 3, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Well done @rcnlibraries for an excellent exhibition. Historic context, memories and collaboration with current prisoners and nurses offer a window into this hidden, but essential nursing speciality. Currently at the Edinburgh library, and open to the Fringe! #hustnursing #edfringe
A song thrush, one of many birds full of hopeful music on Cramond island today
April 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
A song thrush, one of many birds full of hopeful music on Cramond island today
The little things that make me smile .. we got the front seat upstairs on the bus
April 2, 2026 at 9:06 AM
The little things that make me smile .. we got the front seat upstairs on the bus
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Four weeks into the latest escalation in #Lebanon the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating. Health facilities are closing, hospitals are evacuating and medical staff are working under immense pressure as access to care becomes increasingly difficult and communities are disrupted.
March 24, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Four weeks into the latest escalation in #Lebanon the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating. Health facilities are closing, hospitals are evacuating and medical staff are working under immense pressure as access to care becomes increasingly difficult and communities are disrupted.
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📸 Here are a couple of behind-the-scenes snaps from the installation of our new spotlight display on nursing pocket books.
Come along to see the little books in our London library and museum, or read about how they came together on the graduate trainee blog: 🔗 https://bit.ly/40KlC8v
Come along to see the little books in our London library and museum, or read about how they came together on the graduate trainee blog: 🔗 https://bit.ly/40KlC8v
March 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
📸 Here are a couple of behind-the-scenes snaps from the installation of our new spotlight display on nursing pocket books.
Come along to see the little books in our London library and museum, or read about how they came together on the graduate trainee blog: 🔗 https://bit.ly/40KlC8v
Come along to see the little books in our London library and museum, or read about how they came together on the graduate trainee blog: 🔗 https://bit.ly/40KlC8v
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A poem for mothers and children and war by Mona Arshi from her Chatto collection Mouth.
March 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM
A poem for mothers and children and war by Mona Arshi from her Chatto collection Mouth.
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Eddie Little & Pat Bowker's article on the Labour Party Women's Section in Post War Eccles - to be found in the 50th edition of North West Labour History Society Journal.
March 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Eddie Little & Pat Bowker's article on the Labour Party Women's Section in Post War Eccles - to be found in the 50th edition of North West Labour History Society Journal.
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Read about the amazing Leonard Hall in the latest edition of the Journal of he North West Labour History Society. See nwlh.org.uk for how to subscribe. We are now on our 50th edition and it is well worth reading
March 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Read about the amazing Leonard Hall in the latest edition of the Journal of he North West Labour History Society. See nwlh.org.uk for how to subscribe. We are now on our 50th edition and it is well worth reading
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This is utterly jaw-dropping.
A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship
A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women
www.indexoncensorship.org
March 21, 2026 at 9:28 AM
This is utterly jaw-dropping.
A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
Cartmel to Grange over Sands - birch trees, butterflies, celandines,lambs wagtails and much more. The simple joy of a sunny walk.
March 18, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Cartmel to Grange over Sands - birch trees, butterflies, celandines,lambs wagtails and much more. The simple joy of a sunny walk.
Happy day🙂 A hedgehog is back in the garden - sure sign that the season has turned!
March 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Happy day🙂 A hedgehog is back in the garden - sure sign that the season has turned!
See you there !!
Registration now open UKAHN Colloquium 1st June 2026 at Kingston University London - hope to meet you there store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-...
March 12, 2026 at 11:35 AM
See you there !!
#OTD 1890 Molly Morris was born in Leyland, Lancashire. She was a nurse, Suffragette and wife to the communist Jack Murphy. She nursed TB, London's rich & poor, in Spain's Civil War and WW2 blitz. #SCW #histnursing #MollyMurphy
March 8, 2026 at 7:09 AM
#OTD 1890 Molly Morris was born in Leyland, Lancashire. She was a nurse, Suffragette and wife to the communist Jack Murphy. She nursed TB, London's rich & poor, in Spain's Civil War and WW2 blitz. #SCW #histnursing #MollyMurphy
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Tonight ‘Moved to Care’ an exhibition of nurses & migration being launched by @rcn.org.uk President @bejoysebastian.bsky.social
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing
March 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Tonight ‘Moved to Care’ an exhibition of nurses & migration being launched by @rcn.org.uk President @bejoysebastian.bsky.social
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing
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Claire Chatterton on the History of nurse migration, starting in Victorian times Annie Brewster and Sarah Woodbine
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing
March 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Claire Chatterton on the History of nurse migration, starting in Victorian times Annie Brewster and Sarah Woodbine
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing
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Shout from claire to Jane Brooks who has written extensively on refugee nurses
#HistNursing @rcnhistory.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab5d...
#HistNursing @rcnhistory.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab5d...
History of Nursing Lecture: Jewish refugees and their nursing lives in WW2
YouTube video by RCN
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Shout from claire to Jane Brooks who has written extensively on refugee nurses
#HistNursing @rcnhistory.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab5d...
#HistNursing @rcnhistory.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab5d...
Spring in the air at Grubbins Wood Arnside today. Robin, bullfinch, chaffinch, coal tit, marsh tit, great tit, goldfinch, blue tit, 'cabbage' white and brimstone butterflies too!
March 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Spring in the air at Grubbins Wood Arnside today. Robin, bullfinch, chaffinch, coal tit, marsh tit, great tit, goldfinch, blue tit, 'cabbage' white and brimstone butterflies too!
A moving event today by the International Brigade Memorial Trust remembering the Spanish Civil War battle of Jarama, February 12-14 1937. Molly Murphy nursed survivors in a makeshift hospital close behind the front line. Also got a new book from Chris Hall #MollyMurphy #SCW #IBMT
February 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
A moving event today by the International Brigade Memorial Trust remembering the Spanish Civil War battle of Jarama, February 12-14 1937. Molly Murphy nursed survivors in a makeshift hospital close behind the front line. Also got a new book from Chris Hall #MollyMurphy #SCW #IBMT
My FOI request from the Metropolitan Police came good! Spent the weekend working through files re the 1925 raid on the Communist Party of Great Britain - when Molly's husband Jack was tried and imprisoned. Just tiny fragments on Molly, but fascinating all the same #mollymurphy #histnursing
February 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
My FOI request from the Metropolitan Police came good! Spent the weekend working through files re the 1925 raid on the Communist Party of Great Britain - when Molly's husband Jack was tried and imprisoned. Just tiny fragments on Molly, but fascinating all the same #mollymurphy #histnursing