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Front Matter How Florence Got Her Name Little Florence The Squire's Daughter Looking Out Waiting for the Call The Trumpet Call The Response Scutari The Barrack Hospital The Lady-in-Chief The Lady with the Lamp Winter Nightingale Under Fire The Close of the War The Tasks of Peace

Florence Nightingale - Laura Richards



This book tells the inspiring story of Florence Nightingale from her earliest days as privileged daughter of an English squire to her role as Angel of the Crimea. Even as a young girl her nursing talents were evident as she doctored her dolls and ministered to sickly animals. With the training she received at hospitals on the Continent, she was ready when the call to the Crimea came. Facing unspeakable filth and disorganization, she and her staff of nurses cared for thousands of sick and wounded soldiers, earning their undying gratitude.

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To the Sister Eleanor

OF THE SISTERHOOD OF SAINT MARY HERSELF, THROUGHT MANY LONG YEARS DEVOTED WORKER FOR THE POOR, THE SICK, AND THE SORROWFUL, THIS BRIEF RECORD OF A HEROIC LIFE IS AFFECTIONATLEY DEDICATED.

For the material used in this little book I am chiefly indebted to Sarah A. Tooley's "Life of Florence Nightingale," and to Kinglake's "Invasion of the Crimea."