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Highlights
- Florence Nightingale studied nursing in Alexandria, Egypt, and at the Institute for Protestant Deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany.
- She became superintendent of London's Hospital for Invalid Gentlewomen in 1850.
- She went to Scutari with thirty-eight nurses early in the Crimean War to direct nursing operations; her efforts resulted in greatly reducing mortality rates among the sick and wounded.
- She founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses at St. Thomas Hospital in London in 1860, marking the beginning of professional nursing education.
- In 1907, she received the British Order of Merit; she was the first woman to be so honored.
 Related Web Sites
- Country Joe McDonald's Tribute to Florence Nightingale
- Florence Nightingale
- Florence Nightingale Story
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians: Florence Nightingale
- Florence Nightingale
- British Heritage: The Lady with the Lamp
- Florence Nightingale, Avenging Angel
- Florence Nightingale: The Lady with the Lamp
- Nightingale's Views on Reform Relevant Today
- Modern History Sourcebook: Florence Nightingale, Rural Hygiene
- Florence Nightingale Museum
- Florence Nightingale (German-language site)
 Related Reading
By Florence Nightingale
Ever Yours, Florence Nightingale: Selected Letters (Martha Vicinus and Bea Nergaard, eds.). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1990. [Available at Amazon.com]
Suggestions for Thought (Michael D. Calabria and Janet A. Macrae, eds.). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994. [Available at Amazon.com]
Florence Nightingale in Rome: Letters Written by Florence Nightingale in Rome in the Winter of 1847-1848 (Mary Keele, ed.). Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1981. [Available at Amazon.com]
Florence Nightingale in Egypt and Greece: Her Diary and "Visions." (Michael D. Calabria, ed.). State University of New York Press, 1996. [Available at Amazon.com]
About Florence Nightingale
Bishop, W. J., comp. A Bio-bibliography of Florence Nightingale. London, Dawsons of Pall Mall for the International Council of Nurses, 1962.
Brown, Pam. Florence Nightingale: The Determined Englishwoman Who Founded Modern Nursing and Reformed Military Medicine. Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens, 1989. [Available at Amazon.com]Cooper, Lettice. The Young Florence Nightingale. New York: Roy, 1960.
Crovitz, Elaine, and Elizabeth Buford. Courage Knows No Sex. North Quincy, Mass.: Christopher Publishing, 1978. [Available at Amazon.com]Davis, Lucile. Florence Nightingale: A Photo-Illustrated Biography. Mankato, Minn.: Bridgestone Books, 1999. [Available at Amazon.com]Dossey, Barbara Montgomery. Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer. Springhouse, Pa: Springhouse, 2000. [Available at Amazon.com]Harmelink, Barbara. Florence Nightingale: Founder of Modern Nursing. New York: Franklin Watts, 1969. [Available at Amazon.com]Hebert, Raymond G., comp. Florence Nightingale--Saint, Reformer, or Rebel?. Malabar, Fla.: R. E. Krieger, 1981. [Available at Amazon.com]Leighton, Margaret. The Story of Florence Nightingale. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952.
Macrae, Janet. Nursing as a Spiritual Practice: Contemporary Applicaton of Florence Nightingale's Views. New York: Springer, 2001. [Available at Amazon.com]Miller, Basil. Florence Nightingale: The Lady of the Lamp. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, 1975. [Available at Amazon.com]Mosher, Kiki. Learning About Compassion Through the Life of Florence Nightingale. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 1996. [Available at Amazon.com]Nolan, Jeannette Covert. Florence Nightingale. New York: Junior Literary Guild and Julian Messner, 1946. [Available at Amazon.com]Sullivan, Mary C., ed. The Friendship of Florence Nightingale and Mary Clare Moore. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. [Available at Amazon.com]Woodham Smith, Cecil. Lonely Crusader: The Life of Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1951. [Available at Amazon.com]Wyndham, Lee. Florence Nightingale: Nurse to the World. New York: World, 1969.
Fiction
 Biographical Movies
The White Angel, 1936, starring Kay Francis and Ian Hunter. Directed by William Dieterle, 92 minutes, B&W.
The Lady with a Lamp, 1951, starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding. Directed by Herbert Wilcox, 112 minutes, B&W. [Available at Amazon.com]
Florence Nightingale, 1985 (made for TV), starring Jaclyn Smith and Timothy Dalton. Directed by Daryl Duke, 104 minutes, color.
Cover illustration from The Story of Florence Nightingale, copyright © 1952, Grosset & Dunlap.
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