Florence Nightingale, Feminist
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0786470925
ISBN 13
9780786470921
Category
Main
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Publication Year
2013
Publisher
Pages
328
Subject
Nightingale, Florence, -- 1820-1910. Nursing -- England -- History. Feminism -- History -- 19th century.
Abstract
This is the first, full-length biography told from a post-feminist perspective, about one of the world's most famous women. Born into Victorian Britain's elite, a brilliant, magnetic teenager decided to devote her life to the indigent sick by becoming a nurse. Catapulted into the Crimean war, she brought order to the chaos of British military hospitals.
Description
viii , 320 pages ; Black and white photos.
Chapter notes ; Select bibliography ; Index.
Chapter notes ; Select bibliography ; Index.
Biblio Notes
Cromwell, J. L. (2013). Florence Nightingale, feminist. McFarland.
Number of Copies
1
