Florence Nightingale: An Introduction to Her Life and Family introduces the Collected Works by giving an overview of Nightingale’s life and the faith that guided it and by outlining the main social reform concerns on which she worked from her “call to service’’ at age sixteen to old age. This volume reports correspondence (selected from the thousands of surviving letters) with her mother, father and sister and a wide extended family. There is material on Nightingale’s “domestic arrangements,’’ from recipes, cat care and relations with servants to her contributions to charities, church and social reform causes. Much new and original material comes to light, and a remarkably different portrait of Nightingale, one with a more nuanced view of her family relationships, emerges.
Currently, Volumes 1 to 11 are available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary.
The Series
In the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale all the surviving writing of Florence Nightingale will be published, much of it for the first time. Known as the heroine of the Crimean War and the major founder of the modern profession of nursing, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) will be revealed also as a scholar, theorist and social reformer of enormous scope and importance.
Original material has been obtained from over 150 archives and private collections worldwide. This abundance of material will be reflected in the series, revealing a significant amount of new material on her philosophy, theology and personal spiritual journey, as well as on her vision of a public health care system, her activism to achieve the difficult early steps of nursing for the sick poor in workhouse infirmaries and her views on health promotion and women’s control over midwifery. Nightingale’s more than forty years of work for public health in India, particularly in famine prevention and for broader social reform, will be reported in detail.
The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale demonstrates Nightingale’s astute use of the political process and reports on her extensive correspondence with royalty, viceroys, cabinet ministers and international leaders, including such notables as Queen Victoria and W.E. Gladstone. Much new material on Nightingale’s family is reported, including some that will challenge her standard portrayal in the secondary literature. Sixteen printed volumes are scheduled and will record her enormous and largely unpublished correspondence, previously published books, articles and pamphlets, many of which have long been out of print.
There will be full publication in electronic form, permitting readers to easily pursue their particular interests. Extensive databases, notably a chronology and a names index, will also be published in electronic form, again permitting convenient access to persons interested not only in Nightingale but in other figures of the time.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 610.73/092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-uk-en
- ISBN
- 0889203873 9780889207042
- LCCN
- RT37.N5
- LCCN Item number
- A2 2001 v. 1eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 908 p., [8] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)gtp00521574 (OCoLC)71348506 (CaOOCEL)402471
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 10
- Dramatis Personae 12
- List of Illustrations 13
- Introduction to the Collected Works 14
- Thematic Organization 20
- Electronic and Print Publication 25
- An Outline of Florence Nightingale’s Life 28
- Faith and Church 32
- Early Writing: Suggestions for Thought (1852-60) 33
- Celibacy and Suitors 36
- First Work in Nursing: Harley Street (1853-54) 39
- The Crimean War (1854-56) 40
- First Royal Commission, on the Army (1856-59) 44
- Illness and Invalidism 46
- Second Royal Commission, on India (1858-63) 49
- Working Style (1859-99) 52
- Opposition to Registration of Nurses (1887-94) 56
- Domestic Arrangements and Expenditures 56
- Friends 59
- The Arts 60
- Love of Nature and Companion Animals 61
- Death Rituals 63
- Last Days, Will and Death 65
- Themes 68
- Law, Probability and Application 68
- Positivism and Idealism 70
- Theology/Theodikè 71
- Natural Science 71
- The Italian Connection 73
- Government and Politics 74
- The Family and Individuals 76
- Social Class and Caste 77
- Gender Roles and Status of Women 82
- Empire and Imperialism 87
- War and Militarism 88
- Approach to Health Care 93
- Conclusion 97
- Key to Editing 98
- Family Life 102
- Nightingale’s "Lebenslauf" for Kaiserswerth 103
- Notes on Her Parents and Sister 107
- Letters to, from and about Nightingale’s Immediate Family 114
- Mother, Frances "Fanny" Nightingale 114
- Father, W.E. Nightingale 231
- Sister, Parthenope, Lady Verney 291
- Letters to, from and about Nightingale’s Extended Family 422
- Grandmother, Mary Shore 422
- The Bonham Carter Family 438
- The Nicholson Family 471
- The Smith Family 494
- The Verney Family 581
- Godchildren and Namesakes 738
- Domestic Arrangements 752
- Food Orders and Recipes 752
- Expenditures and Donations 763
- Cat Care 776
- Letters to, for and about Domestic Employees 787
- "Waifs and Strays" 824
- Appendix A: Biographical Sketches 848
- The Nightingale Family 848
- The Shore Family 849
- The Smith Family 849
- Father: William Edward Nightingale (1794-1874) 850
- Mother: Frances (Fanny) Nightingale (1788-1880) 852
- Sister: Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney (1819-90) 855
- Uncle Samuel and Aunt Mary Shore Smith 856
- (Sir) Harry Verney (1801-94) 858
- Edmund Hope Verney (1838-1910) and Margaret Verney (1844-1930) 861
- Blanche Smith, Arthur Hugh Clough and Arthur Clough 862
- Appendix B: The Rise and Fall of Florence Nightingale’s Reputation 864
- Appendix C: Florence Nightingale’s Family Tree 869
- Appendix D: Florence Nightingale’s Last Will and Codicils 873
- Appendix E: Research Methods and Sources 883
- Electronic Data Bases 888
- Annotations 889
- Archives 891
- Bibliography 896
- Index 906
- A 907
- B 908
- C 910
- D 912
- E 913
- F 913
- G 914
- H 915
- I 917
- J 917
- K 918
- L 918
- M 918
- N 920
- O 921
- P 921
- Q 922
- R 922
- S 923
- T 926
- U 926
- V 926
- W 928
- Y 928
- Z 928
