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Upcoming Events: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing

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Jan 14 - Nov 20

Exhibit

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Nursing the Revolution

Explore the overlooked yet essential role of nurses during the American Revolution, whose vital work helped shape early American healthcare.

January 14 - November 20, 2026
Barbara Bates Center for the History of Nursing, Floor 2U, Fagin Hall

Woodcut illustration of an early modern domestic scene showing a person tending a fireplace, another tending to an infant in a cradle, and another tending to a person in a bed

Feb 18

Symposium

Open to the Public

Nursing the Revolution: Care Work in Revolutionary America

In connection with the new year-long exhibition Nursing the Revolution, the Bates Center invites scholars and professionals working in areas related to early American care work, nursing, medicine, and the Revolutionary War to a special symposium.

February 18, 2026
8:30am - 6:30pm
Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, McNeil Center, 3355 Woodland Walk

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