"The Lady with the Lamp"
 
Born in 1820, her early years confirmed in her a desire to resist the suffocating conventions of the English upper class. She travelled Europe to study hospital care and became Superintendent of a London hospital. She revolutionised military hospital management during the Crimean War and, upon returning, pioneered reform in nursing, public health and army welfare. A legend in her own time, she became the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit. She died in 1910.
 
This Pocket Book offers reflections upon the life of Florence Nightingale through snippets from diaries, letters and her Notes on Nursing.