Remember the nurses American nursing in the 19th century Meg E. Roberts, editor ; Jessica Martucci, editor

Format:

Website/Database

Contributor:

Roberts, Meg E., editor.

Martucci, Jessica L., editor.

Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing

Nursing the Revolution (Exhibition)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--United States--History.

Nursing.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Began in 2026

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing

Summary:

"In 2026, in recognition of the United States of America’s 250th anniversary, the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing launched a groundbreaking exhibit called Nursing the Revolution. The exhibit brought together rare and newly unearthed historical evidence of the work of nurses during the American Revolutionary War. Its goal was to place the story of nursing and caregiving at the very center of America’s founding and to highlight the connections between the story of nursing in the 18th century and our healthcare system today. This digital exhibit is an outgrowth of this project, but it carries a slightly different mission: to expand the visibility of nursing in archival records of early America. Named with deliberate reference to Abigail Adams’ famous call upon her husband, John Adams, to “Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors…” Here, we ask visitors to this site to “Remember the Nurses,” whose work was so often made invisible and whose presence has more often than not been treated as a matter of women’s nature, rather than as an act of deliberate skill and labor. The study of nursing and caregiving before the late 19th century is often hampered by the lack of archival sources on this subject. As Dr. Roberts has argued elsewhere, the dearth in historical materials about nursing is the result of centuries of marginalization, devaluation, and dismissal of caregiving labor, a form of work that has been overwhelmingly performed by women. We invite researchers, educators, and students to explore the materials we have gathered here and to remember the nurses"-- Home page

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Content viewed on September 23, 2026; title from home page

OCLC:

1617741272