Center for the Study of Nursing History  
   Historical scholarship on health care history and nursing in the United States.
   http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history/default.htm

American Association for the History of Nursing  
   Fosters the importance of history in guiding the future of nursing. Membership and conference information, online gift shop, and nursing history calendar. Also provides photographs of the graves of historically significant nurses with short biographies.
   http://www.aahn.org/

Voices from the Past: Visions of the Future  
   Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, history page.
   http://www.ana.org/centenn/centbegn.htm

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses  
   Historical overview of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit nurses(PACU, formerly known as Recovery Rooms).
   http://www.aspan.org/Historical.htm

An 1895 Look At Nursing  
   Excerpt from "Ambulance Work and Nursing" provides an enlightening look at the nursing environment of the day.
   http://enw.org/1895_Nursing.htm

Men in American Nursing History  
   From prehistory to the present, an informative review. Includes suggestions for further reading.
   http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6011/

AAHN Nursing History 2000 Calendar  
   A calendar of significant historical events in nursing history.
   http://www.aahn.org/calendar/

The Virtual Nurses' Memorial  
   Dedicated to nurses who have died in the line of duty.
   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/6780/

Canadian Association for the History of Nursing  
   Founded in 1987, CAHN promotes interest in the history of nursing and promotes scholarship in the field. Membership and scholarship information, book reviews and news.
   http://www.ualberta.ca/~jhibberd/CAHN_ACHN/

Black Nurses in History  
   Is both an excellent bibliography and guide to online resources.
   http://www4.umdnj.edu/camlbweb/blacknurses.html

Nurses Uniforms Past and Present  
   Provides a growing image gallery of Nurses Uniforms from the '30s to the present. An interesting resource for historians and costume designers. Includes useful links.
   http://dyk2.homestead.com/Index.html

Wilcox College of Nursing  
   University of Connecticut's Archives and Special Collections: Wilcox College of Nursing started in 1908. Includes history of school, a list of graduates, and finding aid. (Almost all personnel and student files were held by the Middlesex Hospital and wil
   http://www.lib.uconn.edu/DoddCenter/ASC/Wilcox/history.htm

How Nursing Advanced from the 19th Century  
   Archived articles on nursing history from the University of Toledo libraries.
   http://www.cl.utoledo.edu/canaday/quackery/quack9.html

About Nurses and Nursing  
   A collection of net links on nursing history and notable nurses, from About.com.
   http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/nursesandnursing/

Virginia Nursing History  
   Highlights pertaining to the history of nursing schools, programs and organizations in Virginia from the 1890's to present.
   http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/speccoll/nursing/index.html

History of African-Americans in White  
   A nurse educator's research and findings about early African-American nurses.
   http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/edpl/gordon/courses/863/nurses.html

Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry  
   Established in 1991 at the University of Virginia for the preservation of the history of Nursing. Especially interesting are the online photographs and a highlighted collection.
   http://www.nursing.virginia.edu/centers/history.html

Symbol of a Profession: One Hundred Years of Nurses' Caps  
   Provided by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation. Includes an introduction, the evolution of the cap, capping ceremony, and demise of the cap. An array of vintage photographs are provided.
   http://www.civilization.ca/hist/infirm/inint01e.html

History of Nursing Slides  
   Online slides, from the Concepts of Nursing Course given at Montgomery County Community College. The topic, "Duties of the Floor Nurse 1887", makes for interesting reading.
   http://faculty.mc3.edu/rbenfiel/NUR109/NUR109NursingHistory/sld001.htm

Cherry Ames Series  
   Devoted to the juvenile series about a mystery-solving nurse, written by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham, from 1943 to 1968.
   http://www.netwrx1.net/CherryAmes/

United Kingdom Centre for the History of Nursing  
   A virtual centre dedicated to developing and strengthening links among nurses, scholars and students of the history of nursing. Of interest are the articles from the archives (in Adobe .pdf format).
   http://www.qmuc.ac.uk/hn/history

A Journey Through Time  
   An online scrapbook for University of Virginia Medical and Nursing Alumni.
   http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/scrap/cover.html

Nursing Times - Past Times  
   Articles on the history of nursing, featuring personal accounts of nursing, midwifery and health visiting many years ago.
   http://www.nursingtimes.net/features/supplement.asp?header=past&keyword=paxt

Beyond Bed Pans  
   "The Life of a Late Nineteenth Century Young Nurse". A story by former nurse Mary Roberts Rinehart, of what awaited new nursing recruits in 1893.
   http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/60/

National League for Nursing  
   A timeline of the history of the National League for Nursing, the pioneers in nursing education.
   http://www.nln.org/aboutnln/info-history.htm

History of Nursing at NNC  
   Information about Northwest Nazarene University nursing department from 1918 to 1998. Archived photographs available for viewing.
   http://www.nnu.edu/academics/schools/nursing/history.htm

Zwerdling Nursing Archives  
   Some very unique historic art and postcards of Nursing, medical, and healthcare.
   http://www.nursepostcard.com/

Nursing Practice Act 1903 - The Armstrong Bill  
   An account of the development of the term "Registered Nurse" in the US.
   http://www.viahealth.org/archives/npa/npaindex.html

History of Nurse Anesthesia Practice  
   Established in the late 1800s. Brief history page of the nurse anesthetists from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
   http://www.aana.com/archives/timeline.asp

UBC School of Nursing  
   A brief history page from the University of British Columbia, one of the oldest schools of nursing in Canada.
   http://www.school.nursing.ubc.ca/about/history.html

Nursing: In the United States  
   Article by Lillian D. Wald referencing dates and descriptions of nursing associations, services and organizations.
   http://search.eb.com/women/classic/C0028.html

My Aunt, My Hero  
   The story of Helen Fairchild, RN, a nurse in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. Written by Mrs Fairchild Rote, her niece.
   http://www.ku.edu/carrie/specoll/medical/MaMh/MyAunt.htm

From the Decline/Dark Ages to Rebirth/Renaissance of Nursing  
   Describes nursing conditions and influences during the late Middle Ages and Renaisaance.
   http://www.angelfire.com/fl/EeirensFaerieTales/NursingDeclineHistory.html

My Beloved Poilus  
   Letters from France from 1914 written by a Canadian nurse. Several pictures depicting scenes during the war are featured on the site.
   http://www.ku.edu/carrie/specoll/medical/canadian/cnurse.htm

Bangor Area Visiting Nurses  
   In 1913, Edith Bicknell was the sole registered nurse of the Bangor Area Visiting Nurses. A short history of this nursing service, which still exists today.
   http://www.emh.org/bavn_mission.asp

Nurhis-L  
   An international mailing list for the discussion of nursing history.
   http://listserv.uconn.edu/nurhis-l.html