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Florence Nightingale, feminist
- Title
- Florence Nightingale, feminist / Judith Lissauer Cromwell.
- Author
- Cromwell, Judith Lissauer, 1935-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-2803 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 320 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This is the first biography told from a post-feminist perspective, about one of the world's most famous women. Born into Victorian Britain's elite, a brilliant, magnetic teenager decided to devote her life to becoming a nurse. By creating a career for women that empowered them with economic independence, Florence Nightingale stands among the founders of modern feminism"--
- Subject
- Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
- Nursing > England > History
- Feminism > History > 19th century
- Sex role > History > 19th century
- Women > England > History > 19th century
- Nurses > England > Biography
- Feminism > history > England
- History of Nursing > England
- History, 19th Century > England
- Women > history > England
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-314) and index.
- Contents
- The child is mother of the woman -- Seesaw -- "My little plan" -- "Idol of the man I adored" -- A taste of freedom -- The penultimate battle -- The prison called family -- Harley Street -- "There is but one person in England" -- "The kingdom of hell" -- "These gigantic hospitals" -- Unparalleled calamity -- Balaclava spring -- Contest for the crimea -- Victory -- "I can never forget" -- The royal commission -- "The welfare and efficiency of the British Army" -- Annus horribilis -- "How people may live and not die in India" -- Nursing -- Family matters -- "The people of India" -- "The love that is so broad" -- "A blessed life."
- Call Number
- JFE 14-2803
- ISBN
- 9780786470921 (softcover : acid-free paper)
- 0786470925 (softcover : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2013002073
- OCLC
- 793581417
- Author
- Cromwell, Judith Lissauer, 1935-
- Title
- Florence Nightingale, feminist / Judith Lissauer Cromwell.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-314) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-2803