Florence Nightingale biographies, common questions about Florence Nightingale, information on nurses and nursing, bibliographies about Florence Nightingale, and other information on Florence Nightingale, the "Lady with the Lamp." Florence Nightingale made history with her nursing work in the Crimean War and helped shake up the field of medicine. Florence Nightingale's opinions on women physicians and her invention of the pie chart are included.
A profile of Florence Nightingale, founder of the modern profession of nursing.
A few choice quotations from Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the Lamp.
A bibliography of Florence Nightingale biographies and related texts.
A short excerpt about the contribution of Florence Nightingale, from the perspective of an American writing in 1864.
An excerpt from Florence Nightingale's writing, as she addresses the issue of women's rights.
Famous Healer Profile by About's Guide to Holistic Healing.
Good biography of Nightingale, including lots of hyperlinks to help understand her in the context of the people, organizations, and ideas of her time.
You probably know Florence Nightingale as founder of the modern nursing profession. Did you know she was also a pioneer statistician, inventing the pie chart?
The author of a
book on Nightingale answers some of the common questions about her life, disability and work.
A few samples of Florence Nightingale's immense correspondence; site has a graphic reproduction of the actual letters plus a text transcription.
One of Nightingale's writings, documenting her scientific and moral approach to health issues.
A creative and interesting site, with good resources on Nightingale. (McDonald got interested in Nightingale through working with nurses from the Vietnam War.)
