Category Archives: Nightingale, Florence
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
(1820-1910)
from Note, Christmas Eve, 1850
from Nightingale’s draft novel
from Draft for Suggestions for Thought to Searchers After Religious Truth (1860)
from Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes (1861)
from Note to Benjamin Jowett (c. 1866)
Reflections on George MacDonald’s Novel, Robert Falconer (1868)
Truth and Feeling (1871 or later)
from Notes on Egypt: Mysticism and Eastern Religions
Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy (hence her name), but raised by her wealthy family in England, educated primarily by her father. As a member of the upper class, she was expected to marry, to visit, and to … Continue reading