Nursing History Review, an annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing, is a showcase for the most significant current research on nursing history. Regular sections include scholarly articles as well as reviews of the latest media and publications on nursing and healthcare history. Historians, researchers, and individuals fascinated with the rich field of nursing will find Nursing History Review an important resource.


The 30th volume of the review features a new section, "Hidden in Plain Sight," dedicated to highlighting nurses from underrepresented groups, as well as a special "Past as Prologue" section that focuses on the 1918 influenza pandemic and COVID-19.


Included in Volume 30:





"We are capable of handling the current crisis, even if it is just shift by shift": Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Face Mask Follies: How a Simple Protective Covering Symbolized the State of Nursing and American Society in 1918–19 and 2020

Imperial Sisters: Patriotism and Humanitarianism in the Letters of British, Australian, and New Zealand Professional Nurses, 1914–1918

Home Nursing, Gender, and Confederate Nationalism in the American Civil War (1861–1865)

Red, White, and Black: The Debate Over the Active Service of Black Nurses in the United States During the First World War

An Analysis of Nigerian Igbo Petitions to U.S. Missionary Nurses, 1965