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Florence Nightingale (history Maker Bios) by Susan Bivin Aller is a children's nonfiction book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Florence Nightingale (history Maker Bios) about?
True or False? Florence Nightingale was the first woman nurse. False! Women had worked as nurses for years, but it was considered a miserable job. Few nurses in England had any medical training. Florence helped make nursing a respectable profession for women. She was in charge of nurses at British military hospitals in the Crimean War (1853-1856). She set up the Nightingale Training School for Nurses in London. She wrote more than 13,000 letters and 200 books and pamphlets during her life.
Who reads Florence Nightingale (history Maker Bios)?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Susan Bivin Aller
- Publisher
- Lerner Classroom
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780822576099
- Category
- children's nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, Biography, Women
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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