Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale
Gena Gorrell talked with students at the Danilack Education Centre in Toronto, Canada, about her book Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence … read more
Gena Gorrell talked with students at the Danilack Education Centre in Toronto, Canada, about her book Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale, published by Tundra Books. Florence Nightingale was born into a prominent, wealthy family in Victorian England. She shocked the family first by becoming a nurse and then by going to Turkey to care for soldiers injured in the Crimean War. Considered the founder of modern nursing, she led campaigns to educate nurses and improve public health practices. Gena Gorrell dispells the popular image of Florence Nightingale as a gentle “angel of mercy,” presenting a more complicated portrait of a difficult, determined woman who battled bureaucracy and the disease and squalor that were prevalent in her time. close
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