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Book SynopsisFlorence Nightingale and her place in nursing history and in contemporary nursing discourse is a topic of continuing interest for nursing students, teachers, and professional associations. This book offers new scholarship on her work and legacy.
Trade Review"Notes on Nightingale is an extraordinary achievement, bringing together some of the world's most eminent Nightingale scholars. It explodes myths, develops sophisticated lines of analysis, and reveals the full range of achievement of one of the world’s most iconic figures. In doing so, it also provides a lens through which we might view that most elusive of modern arts: nursing." -- Christine Hallett, Director, the UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Manchester
"In reexamining and reinterpreting the life and influence of Florence Nightingale, the authors of the thought-provoking essays in Notes on Nightingale demonstrate the continued power of Nightingale's work and image and, most critically, validate the significance of analyzing contemporary issues from a historical perspective." -- Rima D. Apple, Vilas Life Cycle Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Table of ContentsForeword
by Rachel VerneyIntroduction
by Sioban Nelson and Anne Marie Rafferty1. The Nightingale Imperative
by Sioban Nelson2. Navigating the Political Straits in the Crimean War
by Carol Helmstadter3. The Dream of Nursing the Empire
by Judith Godden4. Rhetoric and Reality in America
by Joan E. Lynaugh5. Mythologizing and De-mythologizing
by Lynn McDonald6. The Passionate Statistician
by M. Eileen Magnello7. An Icon and Iconoclast for Today
by Anne Marie Rafferty and Rosemary WallNotes
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