University of Pennsylvania: Look at Revolutionary War Nursing
February 18, 2026
February 18, 2026
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 18 -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news:
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A look at Revolutionary War nursing
A new exhibit at Penn's Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing documents the long trajectory of nursing in America, going back to the Revolutionary War.
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Despite the perception that the history of modern nursing began with Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, nursi . . .
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A look at Revolutionary War nursing
A new exhibit at Penn's Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing documents the long trajectory of nursing in America, going back to the Revolutionary War.
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Despite the perception that the history of modern nursing began with Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, nursi . . .