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Correspondence of Florence Nightingale 1862-1889 [manuscript]
Bib ID 2432358
Format ManuscriptManuscript
Author
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
 
Access Conditions Available for reference. Not for loan. 
Description 1862-1889 
3 cm (3 folders) 
Summary

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.

Biography/History

Florence Nightingale is mostly remembered for her service to nursing during the Crimean War years. However, Nightingale pushed for reforms in the British military health-care system and public nursing, raised awareness of hygiene, healthy living and working environments, and elevated nursing as a respectable profession for women. In 1860 she established the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St Thomas' Hospital, London. Probationer nurses were trained and sent to establish nurse training in hospitals in Britain and abroad, including India and Australia.

Notes

Manuscript reference no.: MS 9698

Related Material Correspondence of Florence Nightingale also held in the National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection at MS 9699. 
Reproduction Photocopies.  Original: London Metropolitan Archives 
Subjects Nightingale, Florence, - 1820-1910 - Correspondence.  |  Osborn, Lucy, - 1835-1891 - Correspondence.  |  Bonham Carter, Henry, - Correspondence.  |  Nursing - Australia.  |  Nurses - Great Britain - Archives.  |  Nursing - Great Britain.  |  Nurses - Australia - Archives.
Time Coverage 1862-1889 

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