Florence Nightingale : social reformer and pioneer of nursing
Ridley, Sarah2020
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This accessible biography of Florence Nightingale's life shows us why we still remember her today - 200 years after her birth (May 1820). Not only did Florence improve the lives of British soldiers wounded in the Crimean War, but as a professional and hard-working, extremely clever public-health reformer she led the establishment of a training school for nurses, better designed hospitals, improved sanitation and the idea of healthcare for all (leading eventually to the NHS). All this at a time when girls and women were expected to live their lives in the private sphere of marriage and home. The book is packed with images of objects, photographs and sketches to illuminate her life story, including her pet owl, her wooden lunchbox and her travelling medicine chest.
Main title:
Florence Nightingale : social reformer and pioneer of nursing / Sarah Ridley.
Author:
Ridley, Sarah, author
Imprint:
London : Franklin Watts, 2020.
Collation:
48 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 28 cm
Notes:
"Florence Nightingale Museum"--Back cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781445168630 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1945248
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