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Author: Florence Nightingale
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 1992-08-01
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780802115324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of letters written during a journey to Egypt describing the author's views on the country and its history and people
Author: Florence Nightingale
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780674270206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor many, Florence Nightingale is the most famous woman of her day, second only perhaps to Queen Victoria. Celebrated and beloved by the public and her friends, considered an irritant by politicians and bureaucrats, the great reformer remains a figure of considerable controversy. In this full 'life in letters' we see her at first hand. Martha Vicinus and Bea Nergaard weave together a narrative account and a selection of her letters in such a way as to create--in Nightingale's own words--a fascinating portrayal of the woman, her career, and her concerns.
Author: Florence Kelley
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 642
ISBN-13: 025203404X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs head of the National Consumers' League from its founding in 1899 until her death in 1932, Florence Kelley led campaigns that reshaped the conditions under which goods were produced in the United States. She also worked to pass laws providing for an eight-hour workday, a minimum wage, the first federal health legislation for women and children, and abolition of child labor. An ally of W.E.B. DuBois, she was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and served on its board for twenty years. This volume collects nearly three hundred of Kelley's letters, written over the course of more than six decades. Rendered in Kelley's vivid, often combative prose, these letters also provide an intimate view into the personal life of a dedicated reformer who balanced her career with her responsibilities as a single mother of three children.
Author: Sheila Waters
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Published: 2016-04-14
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9781940965000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeter Waters and book conservation at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze after the 1966 flood
Author: Marie-Laure Valandro
Publisher: SteinerBooks
Published: 2010-07
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1584204737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarie-Laure Valandro takes the reader on both an outer and an inner journey of discovery by way of the grand, living museum of Western history and tradition, Florence, Italy. Wandering the streets, cathedrals, and museums of Florence and the surrounding towns of Tuscany, the author gives fresh life to the Florentine painters, philosophers, poets, and architecture of bygone eras, while showing their relevance for our lives today. Letters from Florence is much more than a travelogue; it takes the reader on a personal journey to inner landscapes, ancient and contemporary, through the author's own words and those of philosophers such as Goethe and Rudolf Steiner, the verse of Dante, and seventy of her evocative photographs. Regardless of whether one has visited Florence, the insights that Marie-Laure shares in Letters from Florence offer food for the mind and soul while entertaining the reader with the her observations and encounters, as well as her sometimes humorous critiques of modern Western culture and the spirit of our time. Read an excerpt from the book (PDF)
Author: Harriette Henchman Mears Matteini
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2015-12-06
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781347545447
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Sarah A. Tooley
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Published: 1905
Total Pages: 404
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Florence Nightingale
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 374
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Author: American Academy of Political and Social Science
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Florence Nightingale
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1997-08-15
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781901341027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWriting from the Crimea where she nursed wounded soldiers, Florence Nightingale through her letters tirelessly pushed for reforms that would improve the welfare of the troops and recruited volunteer nurses. From her correspondence emerges an extraordinary self-portrait of a complex and contradictory personality, very different from the heroine of popular myth. Illustrations.
