Project Gutenberg 2021-07-04 Public domain in the USA. 203 Matheson, Annie 1853 1924 Florence Nightingale: A Biography "A brief sketch of General Evatt's career [As given in Who's Who]": p. 372-374. Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Florence Nightingale: A Biography" by Annie Matheson is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This biography delves into the life of Florence Nightingale, highlighting her contributions to nursing and her transformative impact on the treatment of the sick and wounded, particularly during the Crimean War. At the start of the biography, Matheson sets the stage by describing Nightingale's childhood in England and Italy, illustrating the early influences that shaped her character and vocation. The introductory chapter emphasizes her family's background, her education, and the values instilled in her from a young age, which included compassion for the less fortunate. The narrative introduces significant themes such as the importance of service, personal sacrifice, and the calling to nursing, while also hinting at the larger social issues surrounding healthcare and women's roles in society that Nightingale would later confront and help reform. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 59.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 Evatt, G. J. H. (George Joseph Hamilton), 1843-1921 UH Text Category: Biographies Category: British Literature Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Health & Medicine 460456 2025-06-26T06:18:38.176498 text/html 437276 2024-10-18T14:41:55 text/html 1202616 2025-06-26T06:18:45.130491 application/epub+zip 1199280 2025-06-26T06:18:39.464508 application/epub+zip 275477 2025-06-26T06:18:38.747495 application/epub+zip 1312467 2025-06-26T06:18:49.345456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1270023 2025-06-26T06:18:44.464500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348094 2022-09-29T15:22:26.682617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410247 2025-06-26T06:18:37.559545 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 390330 2024-10-18T14:41:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16336 2025-06-26T06:18:49.472438 application/rdf+xml 21773 2025-06-26T06:18:38.920490 image/jpeg 3309 2025-06-26T06:18:38.863504 image/jpeg 1114027 2025-06-26T06:18:38.256608 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia