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Lonely Crusader: the Life of Florence Nightingale
Lonely Crusader the Life of Florence Nightingale Author:Cecil Woodham-Smith A special shortened edition of the superb biography: Florence Nightingale. Mrs Woodham-Smith omits none of the drama and color of Florence Nightengale's life in this edition, but gives special emphasis to her early years and career in nursing. The monumental achievements of her later life are presented in a much less detailed form. Brought up ... more »to be a charming, ineffectual lady of society, Florence rebelled in young womanhood, entered the field of nursing in a time when it was considered a degraded, unworthy profession, spent hard years in the Crimea fighting for the welfare of the hospitalized British soldiers and returned to continue her fight with offialdom for hospital reform and nursing education.« less