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Correspondence of Florence Nightingale 1859-1872 [manuscript]
Bib ID 916996
Format ManuscriptManuscript
Author Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
Access Conditions Available for reference. Not for loan. 
Description 1859-1872. 
1 cm (1 folder) 
Summary

1. Letter by Florence Nightingale to Mrs Beecher Stowe dated 14 August 1872, concerning the selection and training of nurses. 2. Five letters to Miss Elizabeth Blackwell with one reply. Correspondence of 1859 suggests best ways to establish nursing colleges; letters of 1870 relate to the control of syphilis, mainly in the armed forces.

Biography/History Florence Nightingale is most remembered for her service to nursing during the Crimean War years. For most of her working life Nightingale pushed for reforms in the British military health-care system and public nursing, raising awareness of hygiene, healthy living and working environments, and elevating 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 9699

Related Material Correspondence of Florence Nightingale are also held in the National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection at MS 1376 and MS 9698. Microfilmed papers of Florence Nightingale are held at the National Library of Australia at Mfm 2010-Mfm 2012. 
Reproduction Photocopies.  Blackwell family papers held in the Library of Congress, Washington.  Papers of the Beecher and Stowe Families held in the Women's Archives, Radcliffe, Cambridge, Mass. 
Subjects Nightingale, Florence, - 1820-1910 - Correspondence.  |  Beecher Stowe, - Mrs - Correspondence.  |  Blackwell, Elizabeth, - 1821-1910 - Correspondence.  |  Nurses - Great Britain - Archives.  |  Nursing - Great Britain.  |  Nursing - Australia.
Occupation Nurses.
Details Collect From
MS 9699 Manual Request only from Manuscript Reading Room, 2nd Floor
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