Annotation Reports correspondence (selected from the thousands of surviving letters) with her mother, father and sister and a wide extended family. There is material on Nightingale's "domestic arrangements" from recipes, cat acre and relations with servants to her contributions to charities, church and social reform causes.
This volume contains much on Nightingale’s efforts to achieve real reforms.
Introduces the life of Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of women's nursing, including her childhood, training, work in the Crimean War, and her school for nurses.
A biography for older readers on Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse best known for her work during the Crimean War, where she rectified horrifying conditions and made nightly rounds to check on patients, saving hundreds of lives and ...
Florence Nightingale is usually thought of for her work in the Crimean War, where, as the "Lady with the Lamp," she tirelessly nursed wounded soldiers at all hours of the night and day.
Read & Co. are republishing this volume now in a modern edition complete with an introductory from “Beneath the Banner, Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds” by F. J. Cross.
. . This is a compelling psychological portrait of a very eminent (and complex) Victorian.
Inspiring story of Florence Nightingale from her earliest days as privileged daughter of an English squire to her role as Angel of the Crimea.
This is the first, full-length biography of Florence Nightingale told from a post-feminist perspective.
The book demonstrates afresh her unparalleled and ongoing influence on professional nursing, on the core concepts of health, disease, and access to care as we understand them today.
Florence Nightingale achieved fame for her l eadership of a group of British nurses during the Crimean Wa r. After the war, she dedicated herself to promoting public health. This...