History provides current nurses with the same intellectual and political tools that determined nursing pioneers applied to shape nursing values and beliefs to the social context of their times. Nursing history is not an ornament to be displayed on anniversary days, nor does it consist of only happy stories to be recalled and retold on special occasions. Nursing history is a vivid testimony, meant to incite, instruct and inspire today's nurses as they bravely trod the winding path of a reinvented health care system.
To find out about these nursing pioneers and their efforts, link up with the American Association for the Nursing History.
Great site for those interested in researching the history of nursing. Site contains a primer for new students, as well as resources for more advanced study including several bibliographies, essays, and extensive listings of archives, nursing history centers, and related websites. Truly comprehensive and useful for serious research in this area.

