Cassandra

by Florence Nightingale

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The world knows Florence Nightingale as "the lady with the lamp"-the revered founder of nursing as a respectable profession for women. But few people are aware that Nightingale's career began only after years of struggle to free herself from her suffocating Victorian family. In this surprisingly passionate feminist essay (a "brilliant polemic," states Martha Vicinus), Nightingale denounces the lives of idleness she and other women...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:091267055X

ISBN13:9780912670553

Release Date:January 1993

Publisher:Feminist Press

Length:64 Pages

Weight:0.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Gender Studies Medical Books Medicine Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Specific Groups Women Women's Studies

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