Florence Nightingale : an introduction to her life and family / Lynn McDonald, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.

Contributor:

McDonald, Lynn, 1940-

Series:

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910. Works ; 1.

The collected works of Florence Nightingale ; v. 1

Collected Works of Florence Nightingale

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nurses--England--Biography.

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (928 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2001-

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Florence Nightingale: An Introduction to Her Life and Family introduces the Collected Works by giving an overview of Nightingale's life and the faith that guided it and by outlining the main social reform concerns on which she worked from her call to service at age sixteen to old age. This volume reports correspondence (selected from the thousands of surviving letters) with her mother, father and sister and a wide extended family. There is material on Nightingale's domestic arrangements, from recipes, cat care and relations with servants to her contributions to charities, church and social reform causes. Much new and original material comes to light, and a remarkably different portrait of Nightingale, one with a more nuanced view of her family relationships, emerges.

Contents:

An Outline of Florence Nightingale's Life

Themes

Key to Editing

Family Life

Letters to, from and about Nightingale's Immediate Family

Letters to, from and about Nightingale's Extended Family

Domestic Arrangements

Appendix A: Biographical Sketches

Appendix B: The Rise and Fall of Florence Nightingale's Reputation

Appendix C: Florence Nightingale's Family Tree

Appendix D: Florence Nightingale's Last Will and Codicils

Appendix E: Research Methods and Sources.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610925513

9781280925511

1280925515

9780889207042

0889207046

9781417544745

1417544740

OCLC:

753479540