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This is the uplifting story of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of the modern nursing profession, from her earliest days as the daughter of English squire to her role as Angel of the Crimea, and her later life of service. With the training she received at hospitals on the Continent, she was fully prepared to care for the wounded in the Crimean War (between Russia and an alliance of Great Britain, France, and Turkey).

Today, nursing is one of the most ubiquitous professions in the world, and images of war immediately call to mind nursing the wounded, but it was not long ago that such ideas were relatively primitive. Indeed, schoolchildren are still taught about the revolutionary exploits of Florence Nightingale, the war nurse who is often credited as the founder of modern nursing. Florence Nightingale first came to prominence during the Crimean War in the middle of the 19th century when she helped organize efforts to treat wounded soldiers.

Author Sarah K. Bolton wrote many wonderful and concise biographies of men and women that had lived and died in her era. She tells the stories from first-hand accounts (hers and others). This biography of one of the most influential nurses who ever lived is masterfully told - from early days attending to dogs to transforming the way we care for the military wounded.

Florence Nightingale, pionera en la práctica de la enfermería y madre de esta disciplina médica es acaso una de las figuras femeninas más recordadas del siglo XX. Metódica, analítica, obstinada, rebelde contra los prejuicios de su época hacia su género y la profesión que escogió, su férrea determinación la llevó a reestructurar y mejorar las condiciones de salud tanto en el frente de batalla como en los hospitales de ambos lados del Atlántico. Su innegable contribución a la humanidad.