Sue Hawkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 6461867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sue Hawkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sue |
| FAMILY NAME | Hawkins |
| SIGNATURE | HAWKINS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kingston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Nightingale
Reviewed by: Beyond Nightingale: Nursing on the Crimean War Battlefields by Carol Helmstadter Sue Hawkins Carol Helmstadter. Beyond Nightingale: Nursing on the Crimean War Battlefields. Nursing History and Humanities. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020. xix + 335 pp. Ill. $130.00 (978-1-5261-4051-7). One could be forgiven for thinking Florence Nightingale was the only the nurse involved in the Crimean War. At last, here is a book that …
First World War VAD Stories from the British Red Cross Archives
Histories of Voluntary Aid Detachment [VAD] nursing in the First World War have focused almost entirely on nursing in France or in the large military home-based hospitals and has been based on the writings of a very select group of women. This article will use a new resource, the British Red Cross VAD database, to discover the VADs who worked in the hundreds of small auxiliary hospitals scattered around the country. It focuses on one hospital in …
British Women Surgeons and Their Patients, 1860–1918
The history of women surgeons has received little attention from historians. Until relatively recently most work has taken a biographical form, and is frequently hagiographic and triumphalist in na
Colonial Caring
Colonial Caring covers over a century of colonial nursing by nurses from a wide range of countries including: Denmark, Britain, USA, Holland and Italy; with the colonised countries including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) and the Danish West Indies. It presents unique perspectives from which to interrogate colonialism and post-colonialism including aspects of race, cultural difference…
Women and science
That there is a ‘problem’ with women and science is a truth universally acknowledged. According to statistics provided by the UK organization WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics begins to decline at A-level and
First World War Nursing
From Maid to Matron
Nurses were one of the fastest growing female workforces in Victorian England, one of only a handful of occupations dominated by women; but little is known about them. Most historical work on nursing has been based on the writings of nurse leaders and as a result the experiences of ordinary nurses have been all but ignored. This article challenges the reliance on such sources, and questions the extent to which the writings of these prominent and …
From Maid to Matron
Nurses were one of the fastest growing female workforces in Victorian England, one of only a handful of occupations dominated by women; but little is known about them. Most historical work on nursing has been based on the writings of nurse leaders and as a result the experiences of ordinary nurses have been all but ignored. This article challenges the reliance on such sources, and questions the extent to which the writings of these prominent and …
First World War Nursing
Colonial Caring
Colonial Caring covers over a century of colonial nursing by nurses from a wide range of countries including: Denmark, Britain, USA, Holland and Italy; with the colonised countries including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) and the Danish West Indies. It presents unique perspectives from which to interrogate colonialism and post-colonialism including aspects of race, cultural difference…
Women and science
That there is a ‘problem’ with women and science is a truth universally acknowledged. According to statistics provided by the UK organization WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics begins to decline at A-level and
British Women Surgeons and Their Patients, 1860–1918
The history of women surgeons has received little attention from historians. Until relatively recently most work has taken a biographical form, and is frequently hagiographic and triumphalist in na
First World War VAD Stories from the British Red Cross Archives
Histories of Voluntary Aid Detachment [VAD] nursing in the First World War have focused almost entirely on nursing in France or in the large military home-based hospitals and has been based on the writings of a very select group of women. This article will use a new resource, the British Red Cross VAD database, to discover the VADs who worked in the hundreds of small auxiliary hospitals scattered around the country. It focuses on one hospital in …
Beyond Nightingale
Reviewed by: Beyond Nightingale: Nursing on the Crimean War Battlefields by Carol Helmstadter Sue Hawkins Carol Helmstadter. Beyond Nightingale: Nursing on the Crimean War Battlefields. Nursing History and Humanities. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020. xix + 335 pp. Ill. $130.00 (978-1-5261-4051-7). One could be forgiven for thinking Florence Nightingale was the only the nurse involved in the Crimean War. At last, here is a book that …
History (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works)