"The Nurses of Ellis Island"
Michelle Hehman, PhD, RN, NPD-BC & Arlene Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN

Sept. 16, 2025  at 12 p.m. (ET) on Zoom

Zoom link:
https://virginia.zoom.us/j/94259476661?pwd=wqImQSfePatlobRnmaSp1UG2OdPJbu.1#success

Hosted by the Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry

Nurse historian Michelle Hehman, chief nurse scientist at Nursing Science Partners and associate editor of Nursing History Review, and UVA Professor Emerita Arlene Keeling, a past director of the Bjoring Center, discuss their new book, The Nurses of Ellis Island: Life and Work Inside the Golden Door (Texas Christian University Press: 2024), which tells the story of the history of nursing in Ellis Island hospitals from 1892 to 1954. The authors will provide a “behind the scenes” discussion on the research and writing process as well as an overview of nursing on the Island.

We hope you'll join us!

Maura Singleton
Center Manager
Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry

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