Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) earned the nickname "The Lady With
the Lamp" for her tireless nursing of British soldiers during the
Crimean War. Nightingale was born to wealthy English parents and
proved to be a quick-witted and independent child. She eventually
became interested in nursing and, despite opposition from her
parents, trained as a nurse and began work in a London clinic. When
the Crimean War broke out in 1854, she led a group of three dozen
nurses to Constantinople to serve in British military hospitals
there. She cajoled army officials to change the terrible conditions
in the hospitals, thus earning the gratitude of soldiers and a
measure of public fame. When the war ended in 1856 she returned to
London and continued her reform campaign there.
Nightingale's outspoken Notes on Matters Affecting the Health,
Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British Army and
Notes on Hospitals helped create changes in hygiene and overall
treatment of patients. She also founded the groundbreaking
Nightingale Training School for nurses, and in later years
published dozens of books and pamphlets on public health.
Nightingale was awarded the Royal Red Cross by Queen Victoria in
1883, and in 1907 became the first woman to receive the Order of
Merit.
"Over the years Cassandra has maintained its position as a focal
feminist text, an important documentary link between women's
earlier struggles for personal, legal, and political liberties, and
the full-blown fight for emancipation that emerged in the first
decade of the 20th century."
—The Guardian
"Over the years Cassandra has maintained its position as a focal
feminist text, an important documentary link between women's
earlier struggles for personal, legal, and political liberties, and
the full-blown fight for emancipation that emerged in the first
decade of the 20th century."
The Guardian
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