National Nurses Association

The National Nurses Association (also known as the Association of Nurses) was a trades union for British nurses founded by Thora Silverthorne and Nancy Zinkin in 1937.^[1]^[2]

It organised a campaign to highlight the poor pay and conditions of nurses with a protest march of 1000 nurses.^[3] Silverthorne was attacked by the Royal College of Nursing for “not being a registered nurse” or being “paid by Moscow”.^[4] The Association later joined the National Union of Public Employees.

References

^ Meddick, Simon; Payne, Liz; Katz, Phil (2020). Red Lives: Communists and the Struggle for Socialism. London: Manifesto Press Cooperative Limited. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-907464-45-4.
^ "Thora Silverthorne". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ "OBITUARY: Nancy Zinkin (1912-2003)". Community Practitioner. 1 December 2003. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ Stevenson, Graham. "Compendium of Communist Biography". Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[1] Meddick, Simon; Payne, Liz; Katz, Phil (2020). Red Lives: Communists and the Struggle for Socialism. London: Manifesto Press Cooperative Limited. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-907464-45-4.

[2] "Thora Silverthorne". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[3] "OBITUARY: Nancy Zinkin (1912-2003)". Community Practitioner. 1 December 2003. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[4] Stevenson, Graham. "Compendium of Communist Biography". Retrieved 1 April 2017.

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