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Summary
AJN Book of the Year 2009 5 Stars! "It is fascinating to read and lovely to look at and would make an exceptional addition to a nursing or personal library. This is a one-of-a-kind, artistic history of the life of a nursing icon."-Ellen Wurzbach, RN, MSN, PhDfor Doody Review Service Scientist, philosopher, visionary, mystic, healer, reformer, activist, feminist, politician. 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.
Call Number
RT 37 .N5 D67 2010
Edition
1st ed.
Publication
Philadelphia, Penn : F.A. Davis, 2010
Description
p458 ; cm.
Contents and Notes
Originally published: Springhouse, PA : Springhouse Corp., c2000. Includes bibliographical references and index. A different kind of child -- Call & awakening -- Egypt, Greece, & Kaiserswerth -- Harley Street -- Departure for the East -- "The whole army is coming" -- Commissions, illness, & accolades -- Achieving command & control -- "At the altar of the murdered men" -- The drive for army reform -- Nurses training & health statistics -- Literary fame & personal misfortune -- Private life -- Sanitation for a subcontinent -- Nursing reform & progress for women -- Spiritual surrender & mysticism -- Years of loss -- The birth of Indian nationalism -- Nursing moves forward -- Union with the divine.
Authors and Contributors
Dossey, Barbara Montgomery
System ID
e8323ef56c
ISBN
9780803621695
Authors and Contributors
Dossey, Barbara Montgomery
Forms and Genres
Book
Non-Fiction