Florence Nightingale: The Angel of the Crimea

Originally published in 1909, this is the inspiring story of Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), the founder of the modern nursing profession. British soldiers who were wounded in the Crimean War (the 1853–56 war between Russia and an alliance of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, and Turkey) called her “The Lady with the Lamp” when she walked the halls of their hospital at night. Facing unspeakable filth and disorganization, she and her staff of nurses cared for thousands of sick and wounded soldiers, earning their undying gratitude. For young readers and adults.

CONTENTS

I. How Florence Got Her Name—Her Three Homes
II. Little Florence
III. The Squire’s Daughter
IV. Looking Out
V. Waiting for the Call
VI. The Trumpet Call
VII. The Response
VIII. Scutari
IX. The Barrack Hospital
X. The Lady-in-Chief
XI. The Lady with the Lamp
XII. Winter
XIII. Miss Nightingale Under Fire
XIV. The Close of the War
XV. The Tasks of Peace