Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

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David R. Collins
David R. Collins

A biography of the well-to-do woman who defied social convention in order to establish nursing as a respectable career for women and bring about reforms in hospital conditions and nursing care.

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This is an excellent kids' biography. This was one of the books that made Florence one of my “people to emulate” when I was a girl. Very good!

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