Adapted from an Address on "The Work of Florence Nightingale and Medical Units in Active Service Today," delivered before the Harvard Historical Club, December 7, 1915.

Last summer, the Florence Nightingale Museum in London announced a holiday program for children. It ran like this: “Daily-changing drop-in activities include crafting a pattern lantern like the one ...

WASHINGTON — It would be impossible to recognize “Nurses Appreciation Week” without remembering the woman who created the standard for modern nursing: Florence Nightingale. Nightingale was born on May ...

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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was born in Florence, Italy, to an affluent British family. From a young age she was interested in philanthropy, and by the time she was 16, she believed nursing was ...

Adapted from an Address on "The Work of Florence Nightingale and Medical Units in Active Service Today," delivered before the Harvard Historical Club, December 7, 1915.