![]() She never stopped, never took no for an answer, she worked and worked and worked, until she changed the world. ![]() She sacrificed her life, her health, and sometimes her friend's lives, for the cause. The book does an incredible job of showing the pattern and evolution of her work, how she went from a rich girl reading medical books behind her parents' back to being a nurse in the Crimean War, and then eventually revolutionizing the entire concept of sanitation and health. I didn't know much about her (apart from the "creator of nursing" thing), and I was absolutely blown away by how much of her life was dedicated towards not just nursing, but sanitation reforms ( In England and India), in creating better living and fighting conditions for the soldiers, reforming military - an eventually civilian - hospitals. We all have good bits and bad bits, and this book does an incredible job of showing the reader the many sides of Florence Nightingale. When it's about someone considered "good" the person is almost portrayed as an angel or a saint when it's someone "bad", they're always evil and cunning without a single good bone in their bodies. ![]() I love reading biographies but I've often found the biographer tends to present the subject of the book as not human ( flawed grey). Incredibly well-written, well organized, and obviously well researched. If I could give this book 10 stars, I would. ![]() I don't usually write reviews because I feel I can never do the book justice. ![]()
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