<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 8 Oct 1952, USAF 2nd Lt Nurse Abbie Sweetwine uses military triage in a civilian disaster, the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash in London. She saves lives and paves the way for the UK’s use of paramedics. The British press dub her "the angel of platform 6".</p><p>Read more on our blog: <a href="https://carvehername.org.uk/abbie-sweetwine-and-the-harrow-and-wealdstone-crash/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="carvehername.org.uk/abbie-sweetwine-and-the-harrow-and-wealdstone-crash/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">carvehername.org.uk/abbie-swee</span><span class="invisible">twine-and-the-harrow-and-wealdstone-crash/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/britishhistory/" rel="tag">#BritishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/londonhistory/" rel="tag">#LondonHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
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<p>Mind the gap!</p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 6 June 1915, Maida Vale Tube station opens in London. It is staffed by women until the end of World War 1. </p><p><a href="/tags/londonhistory/" rel="tag">#LondonHistory</a> <a href="/tags/tubehistory/" rel="tag">#TubeHistory</a> <a href="/tags/goingunderground/" rel="tag">#GoingUnderground</a> <a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
