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Nightingale is not a linear biography, nor a detailed account of Nightingale’s public accomplishments. It is a quiet meditation on memory, and on care and the ways it marks a life.
Recalling the Crimean War but set when Florence Nightingale is in her 90s, 'Nightingale' by Laura Elvery is an ethereal contemplation of death, life and what lies in between.
Avenging Angel, a controversial 1998 biography by Hugh Small, contends that Scutari had the highest death rates of any hospital in the Crimean theater, that Nightingale didn’t grasp the role of ...
Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale in 1900. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images) As well as being the founder of modern nursing, Nightingale also loved three women passionately, according to ...
In “Becoming Elizabeth Arden,” biographer Stacey A. Cordery chronicles the life and business success of Florence Nightingale Graham, a.k.a. Elizabeth Arden.
A NEW exhibition examining changing perceptions of Florence Nightingale opens on Saturday at Cromford Mills, Derwent Valley, in Derbyshire. Nightingale spent most of her childhood near by at Lea Hurst ...
June 12, 2024 Florence Nightingale’s Childhood Home Just Listed for $4.8 Million Known as Lea Hurst, the U.K. country estate sits on 19 acres in Derbyshire and features a landscaped Victorian ...
Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, on May 12, 1820, to William and Frances Nightingale, a wealthy British couple. The Nightingales raised their two daughters, Florence and her sister ...
A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey at 6.30pm on Wednesday 15th May 2024.
Among her 5 decades of accomplishments, Nightingale founded the world’s first nursing school and advocated health care for all.