Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea


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(4.7 stars; 20 reviews)

One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said: "Who, of all the workers in the Crimea, will be longest remembered?"

Each guest was asked to give his opinion on this point, and each one wrote a name on a slip of paper. There were many slips, but when they came to be examined there was only one name, for every single man had written "Florence Nightingale." Every English boy and girl knows the beautiful story of Miss Nightingale's life. Indeed, hers is perhaps the best-loved name in England since good Queen Victoria died. It will be a great pleasure to me to tell this story to our own boys and girls in this country; and it shall begin, as all proper stories do, at the beginning. - Summary by the author (3 hr 23 min)

Chapters

How Florence Got Her Name—Her Three Homes 8:04 Read by Denise Nordell
Little Florence 12:02 Read by KHand
The Squire's Daughter 14:35 Read by Mike Pelton
Looking Out 7:55 Read by Denise Nordell
Waiting for the Call 5:55 Read by Sarah Holtz
The Trumpet Call 14:58 Read by Ben Lindsey-Clark
The Response 11:58 Read by Mike Pelton
Scutari 11:48 Read by Steve C
The Barrack Hospital 11:47 Read by Ben Lindsey-Clark
The Lady-in-Chief 20:35 Read by Christine Lamberton
The Lady with the Lamp 19:09 Read by Mike Pelton
Winter 18:35 Read by chocmuse
Miss Nightingale Under Fire 16:19 Read by chocmuse
The Close of the War 19:48 Read by Mike Pelton
The Tasks of Peace 10:11 Read by Savannah

Reviews

A WOMAN IN A MILLION.


(5 stars)

VERY SAD TO HEAR HOW FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE WAS TREATED IN THE EARLIER YEARS. JUST THINK OF HOW MANY MORE MEN WOULD HAVE PERISHED IF NOT FOR HER PERSEVERENCE. HOW MEN HAVE UNDERESTIMATED WOMEN THROUGH THE AGES. WE NOW SEE AS MANY WOMAN DOCTORS AS MEN. THE UNFORTUNATE THING BACK THEN THAT NOBODY ACTUALLY WENT TO SEE WHAT WAS NEEDED, THE CRUELTY OF MEN HAVING TO DIE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET ATTENTION. GOD BLESS WOMEN.

Awesome


(5 stars)

I want to be like Florence Nightingale when I grow up.Eliana Jones age 10