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Feb 18

February 18, 2026

Nursing the Revolution: Care Work in Revolutionary America

Nursing the Revolution: Care Work in Revolutionary America

This symposium will unite scholars of 18th-century nursing; early American healers; Indigenous, African, and European care practices; and Revolutionary War era military medicine and battlefield care, including related areas of focus, to discuss how the Revolutionary War—as a major health crisis—shaped healthcare labor in the early national United States. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

McNeil Center, 3355 Woodland Walk