Correspondence of Florence Nightingale [manuscript]. 1862-1889.

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Correspondence of Florence Nightingale [manuscript]. 1862-1889.

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Correspondence subjects include negotiations with the State of Victoria to accept children from London into training before they become paupers, the difficulty of finding probationers to train for nursing, matrons and nurses sent to New South Wales and Victoria, and nurse training in Australia. One letter refers to an interview with Sir Henry Parkes about Prince Alfred Hospital. Correspondents include Lucy Osborn and Henry Bonham Carter. An index to correspondence is located in folder 1.

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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), nursing pioneer and reformer, is regarded as the founder of modern nursing. Born in Florence, Italy, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1844, she began to visit hospitals; in 1850, she spent some time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in Alexandria and a year later studied at the institute for Protestant deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. In 1854, she organized a unit of 38 nurses for service in the Crimean War. I...

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