Although best known to schoolchildren as the saintly "Lady With the Lamp, " a quick review of the titles of previous biographies of Florence Nightingale reveals that she has been many things to many ...

When you think of Florence Nightingale, you probably imagine a nurse with a lamp, comforting soldiers. Indeed, Florence is considered the mother of modern nursing. But she also made serious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florence Nightingale experienced her personal call to nursing at age 16 and ultimately became ...

Florence Nightingale in bed at South Street in 1906, aged 86 Photographed by Elizabeth Bosanquet / Florence Nightingale Museum In 1854, Florence Nightingale arrived at a military hospital in Scutari, ...

When Greta Westwood was 4 years old, she read a children’s book about Victorian nurse Florence Nightingale. Decades later, she still remembers being transfixed by the enduring image of the “Lady with ...

Quote of the day by Florence Nightingale: “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” More than a century after her work transformed nursing, Florence Nightingale’s words still ...

Tune in as Dr. Tracey Jones interviews the author of our newest release, The Amazing Life of Florence Nightingale: The Reluctant Celebrity, by Dr. Candy Campbell. Florence Nightingale is widely ...

Florence Nightingale had such a profound influence on modern society that nearly everyone is familiar with her name, whether or not they are aware of her accomplishments. Florence Nightingale ...

Florence Nightingale: The Woman and Her Legend By Mark Bostridge Viking £25, 672 pages FT Bookshop price: £20 There can be few historical figures as well documented as Florence Nightingale. The ...

Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War (Getty) “Today, her legacy can be found in nursing standards and hospital design principles ...