What is activism where care is concerned? From the recent nursing strikes to the central role Black nursing staff played in the formation of sickle cell services, this episode explores a range of different kinds of activism in nursing history.
Frances starts by talking to writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting about her 2020 book 'Labours of Love', to find out why shadowing nurses in their everyday work was eye-opening to her, and what it might tell us about the origins of the recent nursing strikes.
This sets us up to explore the history of radical nursing in more depth. Historian and nurse consultant Chris Hart tells Frances about the history of industrial action in nursing, such as a masked nurses' protest in 1938. Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, who describes herself as a Black health radical, explores activism within nursing practice, in particular her pioneering work in sickle cell nursing.
Producer: Natalie Steed
Links:
Madeleine Bunting is an award-winning British author and former journalist. You can find out more about her work, including 'Labour of Love', here: https://www.madeleinebunting.com/nonfiction
Chris Hart has written four books on nursing and its history, including 'Behind the Mask: Nurses, Their Unions and Nursing Policy' and 'Nurses and Politics': https://www.rcn.org.uk/library
Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu is on Twitter @EAnionwu. Her memoir, 'Dreams from my Mother' is out now in paperback with Orion. Find out more on her website: https://www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk/
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What is activism where care is concerned? From the recent nursing strikes to the central role Black nursing staff played in the formation of sickle cell services, this episode explores a range of different kinds of activism in nursing history.
Frances starts by talking to writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting about her 2020 book 'Labours of Love', to find out why shadowing nurses in their everyday work was eye-opening to her, and what it might tell us about the origins of the recent nursing strikes.
This sets us up to explore the history of radical nursing in more depth. Historian and nurse consultant Chris Hart tells Frances about the history of industrial action in nursing, such as a masked nurses' protest in 1938. Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, who describes herself as a Black health radical, explores activism within nursing practice, in particular her pioneering work in sickle cell nursing.
Producer: Natalie Steed
Links:
Madeleine Bunting is an award-winning British author and former journalist. You can find out more about her work, including 'Labour of Love', here: https://www.madeleinebunting.com/nonfiction
Chris Hart has written four books on nursing and its history, including 'Behind the Mask: Nurses, Their Unions and Nursing Policy' and 'Nurses and Politics': https://www.rcn.org.uk/library
Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu is on Twitter @EAnionwu. Her memoir, 'Dreams from my Mother' is out now in paperback with Orion. Find out more on her website: https://www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk/
Our second episode takes the RCN's 2018 exhibition The Wandering Womb as a starting point. Please be aware, we touch on some difficult issues in this one, including eugenics and baby loss.
Frances chats to historian Professor Tracey Loughran about her research into women's psychological, emotional and bodily health in Britain. Tracey tells us about women's magazines and how much they can tell us about women in the late twentieth century.
Nurse Consultant Debby Holloway and Senior Lecturer Dr Wendy Norton bring us up to present day women's health. Frances asks them what misunderstandings they still see in their practice, and how we can all talk more openly about sensitive gynae issues.
Finally, Frances chats to historian and curator Subhadra Das about difficult histories in women's health, including the darker side of pioneer Marie Stopes.
Producer: Natalie Steed
Links:
Read more about Tracey's project 'Body, Self, Family' here: https://bodyselffamily.org/
Hear more from Subhadra on Marie Stopes and eugenics in the Bricks + Mortals podcast: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/play/podcasts/bricks-mortals/bricks-mortals-marie-stopes-and-how-eugenics-was-going-make-world-better
You can view an online version of the RCN's Wandering Womb exhibition: https://www.rcn.org.uk/library-exhibitions/womens-health-wandering-womb
The paper 'Promoting menstrual wellbeing' co-authored by Debby and Wendy is available here: https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-007856
The RCN also publishes women's health pocket guides: https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/rcn-womens-health-cards-uk-pub-009289
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Past Caring
What is activism where care is concerned? From the recent nursing strikes to the central role Black nursing staff played in the formation of sickle cell services, this episode explores a range of different kinds of activism in nursing history.
Frances starts by talking to writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting about her 2020 book 'Labours of Love', to find out why shadowing nurses in their everyday work was eye-opening to her, and what it might tell us about the origins of the recent nursing strikes.
This sets us up to explore the history of radical nursing in more depth. Historian and nurse consultant Chris Hart tells Frances about the history of industrial action in nursing, such as a masked nurses' protest in 1938. Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, who describes herself as a Black health radical, explores activism within nursing practice, in particular her pioneering work in sickle cell nursing.
Producer: Natalie Steed
Links:
Madeleine Bunting is an award-winning British author and former journalist. You can find out more about her work, including 'Labour of Love', here: https://www.madeleinebunting.com/nonfiction
Chris Hart has written four books on nursing and its history, including 'Behind the Mask: Nurses, Their Unions and Nursing Policy' and 'Nurses and Politics': https://www.rcn.org.uk/library
Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu is on Twitter @EAnionwu. Her memoir, 'Dreams from my Mother' is out now in paperback with Orion. Find out more on her website: https://www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk/
