The Life of Florence Nightingale


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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 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter II Earliest Associations 8:56 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter III Lea Hurst 9:55 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter IV The Days of Childhood 21:14 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter V The Squire's Daughter 22:12 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter VI Florence Nightingale's Alma Mater and Its Founder 18:33 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter VII Enters Kaiserwerth: A Plea for Deaconesses 16:12 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter VIII A Period of Waiting 9:38 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter IX Sydney, Lord Herbert of Lea 10:01 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter X The Crimean War and Call to Service 22:54 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XI Preparation and Departure for Scutari 18:57 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XII The Lady-In-Chief 24:03 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XIII At Work in the Barrack Hospital 28:01 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XIV Grappling with Cholera and Fever 15:23 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XV Timely Help 16:56 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XVI The Angel of Death 12:37 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XVII Sails for the Crimea and Goes Under Fire 15:57 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XVIII Stricken by Fever 17:20 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XIX Close of the War 32:42 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XX The Return of the Heroine 18:18 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XXI The Soldier's Friend at Home 32:07 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XXII Wisdom from the Queen of Nurses 33:29 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XXIII The Nursing of the Sick Poor 25:37 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XXIV Later Years 34:05 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapter XXV At Eventide 19:37 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi