Dr Claire Chatterton, Associate Head of School, Open University; Visiting Professor, University of Chester
To mark the Coronation of King Charles III this month and International Nurses' Day, join us for a talk which will explore links between royalty and nursing over the centuries. Find out about princesses from around the world who worked as nurses and those who nursed royals, who queen’s nurses are and why so many hospitals have royal in their title.
The talk will be given by Claire Chatterton, Visiting Professor at the University of Chester and a member of the University’s Faculty of Health and Social Care (FHSC) Historical Society. She is also an Associate Head of School at the Open University. Claire is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal Historical Society.
This talk will take place in CRV016 (the Music Room) at the Wheeler Building - all welcome.
Host: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society (FHMS) Historical Society
Admission free, but booking encouraged for refreshment and seating purposes. Please contact fhsc.histsoc@chester.ac.uk or call 01244 512126 to confirm your place. Please maintain social distancing and hand-hygiene and do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last seven days. If you do decide not to wear a face covering, please respect others who choose to do so.
The University of Chester Riverside Museum will also be open from 1-4pm on this date and all welcome to visit (no booking needed).
Main picture above: Queen Mary and Princess Mary, 1918 © Royal Collection Trust: RCIN 2303825.f
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