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Florence Nightingale, Feminist

Florence Nightingale, Feminist

Cromwell, Judith Lissauer

Paperback

Biographies GeneralMedical ReferenceWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0786470925
ISBN13: 9780786470921
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Apr 19 2013
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This is the first, full-length biography of Florence Nightingale told from a post-feminist perspective. Born into Victorian Britain's elite, a brilliant, magnetic teenager decided to devote her life to the indigent sick by becoming a nurse. Florence's family, especially her mother, opposed the decision, yet Nightingale insisted. Catapulted into the Crimean War, she brought order to the chaos of British military hospitals, but she could never forget her patients. Despite debilitating illness, she focused on preventing another Crimean calamity: the death of thousands due to avoidable causes. Hygienic army installations, sanitation for India, and creation of modern nursing owe much to Florence Nightingale. To Victorians, she personified their ideal of nurturing female. Hindsight provides a wider perspective. By creating a career for women that empowered them with economic independence, Florence Nightingale stands among the founders of modern feminism.

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