Florence Nightingale
The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 8, 2016
Most people know Florence Nightingale was a compassionate and legendary nurse, but they don’t know her full story.
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- Who it’s for
- Meet the nurse whose work reached far beyond the Crimean War.
- Themes
- Nursing reform, Challenging Victorian conventions, Crimean War nursing
- Genres
- Women's Lives, Lives in History, Science & Tech Biographies
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Most people know Florence Nightingale was a compassionate and legendary nurse, but they don’t know her full story. This riveting biography explores the exceptional life of a woman who defied the stifling conventions of Victorian society to pursue what was considered an undesirable vocation.
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She is best known for her work during the Crimean War, when she vastly improved gruesome and deadly conditions and made nightly rounds to visit patients, becoming known around the world as the Lady with the Lamp. Her tireless and inspiring work continued after the war, and her modern methods in nursing became the defining standards still used today. Includes notes, bibliography, and index.
Beyond the Lamp
Meet the nurse whose work reached far beyond the Crimean War.
Come here for
- A woman defying Victorian conventions to pursue nursing
- The lasting influence of her nursing methods
Expect
- A life story beyond her wartime fame
- Notes, bibliography, and index
Where it sits
| Women's Lives | 68% |
|---|---|
| Lives in History | 52% |
| Science & Tech Biographies | 29% |
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Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Writers' Lives
- Performers' Lives
- Political Lives
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- Activist Biographies
- Women's Lives
- Family
- European History
- Authors
- Catherine Reef
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 8, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Nursing reform · Challenging Victorian conventions · Crimean War nursing
- Reading lane
- Lives in History