Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, HealerAJN Book of the Year 2009 5 Stars Ellen Wurzbach, RN, MSN, PhDfor Doody Review Service This lavishly illustrated biography celebrates the life and work of Florence Nightingale on the 100th anniversary of her death. With meticulous scholarship, the author documents the struggles and achievements of a woman who defied the conventions and standards of Victorian England to blaze her own path. Archival photographs, drawings, letters, maps, and a riveting narrative create a portrait of this complex, larger than life woman who is still a source of inspiration today. |
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... politics into local and county government and , in doing so , contributed to the growing movement for reli- gious , political , and legal reform . In Florence's time , politics in England were as much a matter of denomination as class ...
... political history had helped provide her with the determination and political savvy she would need for the task at hand . Her plans covered all political bases : She had started at the top with the queen and vowed to " eat straight ...
... political and economic factors . For instance , the government's response to the cholera epidemic of 1832 was based on acceptance of the miasma theory - not from scientific considerations , but political and economic ones . According to ...