Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1
Edward Tyas Cook
48 chapters · 20 h 13 min · English
Read by Michele Fry, MaryAnn, Jim Locke, BettyB, Lisa Ellen Quintana, Deon Gines and others
Biography & Autobiography
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A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of her notes, letters and writings, that goes way beyond the mere legend of "The Lady With The Lamp", and the "Founder Of Modern Nursing". This well written saga covers the vastly more expanded story of her development into an intelligent woman with a high purpose, her social standing and family connections that opened many doors for her, her extensive work after the Crimean War working with governments to develop better health care delivery systems to the indigent in England and in India, and her voluminous writings on numerous topics. Volume 1 recounts her life from childhood through 1861. (Summary by Michele Fry)
Chapters
1 Preface 10 min 2 Introductory 21 min 3 Part I Chapter I: Childhood and Education 22 min 4 Part I Chapter I: Childhood and Education, continued 24 min 5 Part I Chapter II: Home Life 28 min 6 Part I Chapter II: Home Life, continued 28 min 7 Part I Chapter III: The Spiritual Life 31 min 8 Part I Chapter IV: Disappointment 23 min 9 Part I Chapter V: A Winter Home in Rome, and After 35 min 10 Part I Chapter VI: Foreign Travel Egypt and Greece 29 min 11 Part I Chapter VII: The Single Life 19 min 12 Part I Chapter VIII: Apprenticeship at Kaiserswerth 28 min 13 Part I Chapter IX: An Interlude 25 min 14 Part I Chapter X: Freedom, Paris and Harley Street 16 min 15 Part I Chapter X: Freedom, Paris and Harley Street, continued 22 min 16 Part II Chapter I: The Call 14 min 17 Part II Chapter I: The Call, continued 30 min 18 Part II Chapter II: The Expedition-Problems Ahead 21 min 19 Part II Chapter III: The Hospitals at Scutari 26 min 20 Part II Chapter IV: The Expert's Touch 19 min 21 Part II Chapter IV: The Expert's Touch, continued 26 min 22 Part II Chapter V: The Administrator 31 min 23 Part II Chapter VI: The Reformer 22 min 24 Part II Chapter VI: The Reformer, continued 26 min 25 Part II Chapter VII: The Ministering Angel 22 min 26 Part II Chapter VIII: The Religious Difficulty 21 min 27 Part II Chapter IX: To the Crimea-Illness 19 min 28 Part II Chapter X: The Popular Heroine 27 min 29 Part II Chapter XI: The Soldiers' Friend 15 min 30 Part II Chapter XII: To the Crimea Again 38 min 31 Part II Chapter XIII: End of the War-Return Home 20 min 32 Part III Chapter I: The Queen, Miss Nightingale and Lord Panmure 32 min 33 Part III Chapter I: The Queen, Miss Nightingale and Lord Panmure, continued 23 min 34 Part III Chapter II: Sowing the Seed 30 min 35 Part III Chapter II: Sowing the Seed, continued 29 min 36 Part III Chapter III: Enforcing a Report 32 min 37 Part III Chapter IV: Reaping the Fruit 27 min 38 Part III Chapter IV: Reaping the Fruit, continued 29 min 39 Part III Chapter V: The Death of Sidney Herbert 32 min 40 Part IV Chapter I: The Hospital Reformer 34 min 41 Part IV Chapter II: The Passionate Statistician 26 min 42 Part IV Chapter III: The Founder of Modern Nursing 23 min 43 Part IV Chapter III: The Founder of Modern Nursing, continued 19 min 44 Part IV Chapter IV: The Nightingale Nurses 29 min 45 Part IV Chapter V: The Religious Sanction: Suggestions for Thought 23 min 46 Part IV Chapter V: The Religious Sanction: Suggestions for Thought, continued 41 min 47 Part IV Chapter VI: Miss Nightingale at Home 24 min 48 Part IV Chapter VI: Miss Nightingale at Home, continued 22 min
