Deconstructing Victorian Nurses: Using Prosopography to Uncover the Lives of 19th Century Nurses

Time: 12:15 p.m.

Place: 2U Conference Room, Room 2019, Claire Fagin Hall

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

The seminar will discuss a methodology for investigating the changing structure and profile of nursing in 19th century England. It will focus on a study of St George's Hospital, London, in the period 1850-1900, the results of which have contributed new understanding to the changes which were engulfing nursing during this period. Susan E. Hawkins, PhD, is Project Manager of the Historic Hospital Admission Records Project, Centre for Local History Studies, Kingston University.