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Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea

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(4,65 Sterne; 20 Bewertungen)

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

Bewertungen

A WOMAN IN A MILLION.

(5 Sterne)

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 Sterne)

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