@article{437011,
      recid = {437011},
      author = {Bostridge, Mark.},
      title = {Florence Nightingale : the making of an icon /},
      publisher = {Farrar, Straus and Giroux,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xxiii, 646 p. :},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {The common soldier's savior, the standard-bearer of modern  nursing, a pioneering social reformer: Florence Nightingale  belongs to that select band of historical characters who  are instantly recognizable. Home-schooled, bound for the  life of an educated Victorian lady, Nightingale scandalized  her family when she found her calling as a nurse, a  thoroughly unsuitable profession for a woman of her class.  As the "Lady with the Lamp," ministering to the wounded and  dying of the Crimean War, she offers an enduring image of  sentimental appeal. In the first major biography of  Florence Nightingale in more than fifty years, Mark  Bostridge draws on a wealth of unpublished material,  including previously unseen family papers, to throw new  light on this extraordinary woman's life and character.  Disentangling elements of myth from the reality, Bostridge  has written a vivid and readable account of one of the most  iconic figures in modern history.--From publisher  description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/437011},
}