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The Life of Florence Nightingale

Gelesen von Ciufi Galeazzi

Journalist and author Sarah Tooley was best known in her time for her biography of Queen Victoria and this biography of Florence Nightingale, written while its subject was still living (while Project Gutenberg lists its publication date as 1916, its original publication date appears to be 1904). Tooley gives us a comprehensive and engaging look at the life of this remarkable woman, who was not only the founder of modern nursing, but a statistician, social reformer, feminist, and author. - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi (8 hr 15 min)

Chapters

Chapter I Birth and Ancestry

10:19

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Chapter II Earliest Associations

8:56

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Chapter III Lea Hurst

9:55

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Chapter IV The Days of Childhood

21:14

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Chapter V The Squire's Daughter

22:12

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Chapter VI Florence Nightingale's Alma Mater and Its Founder

18:33

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Chapter VII Enters Kaiserwerth: A Plea for Deaconesses

16:12

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Chapter VIII A Period of Waiting

9:38

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Chapter IX Sydney, Lord Herbert of Lea

10:01

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Chapter X The Crimean War and Call to Service

22:54

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Chapter XI Preparation and Departure for Scutari

18:57

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Chapter XII The Lady-In-Chief

24:03

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Chapter XIII At Work in the Barrack Hospital

28:01

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Chapter XIV Grappling with Cholera and Fever

15:23

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Chapter XV Timely Help

16:56

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Chapter XVI The Angel of Death

12:37

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Chapter XVII Sails for the Crimea and Goes Under Fire

15:57

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Chapter XVIII Stricken by Fever

17:20

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Chapter XIX Close of the War

32:42

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Chapter XX The Return of the Heroine

18:18

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Chapter XXI The Soldier's Friend at Home

32:07

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Chapter XXII Wisdom from the Queen of Nurses

33:29

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Chapter XXIII The Nursing of the Sick Poor

25:37

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Chapter XXIV Later Years

34:05

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Chapter XXV At Eventide

19:37

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