Notes from Nightingale: The
Legacy and the Vision
Dr. Selanders provides an insightful
portrait of Florence Nightingale as
both Victorian traditionalist and modern
visionary. Nightingale is seen as a
leader, teacher, architect of a profession,
statistical genius and savvy tactician.
Nursing and Women’s Work:
Changing Lives and Society
Found as a component of every society,
nursing is the largest profession in
the world. In the Victorian culture,
women were seen as objects to be protected
and revered as ‘keepers of the
hearth’. Nursing provided a unique
opportunity for women to have gainful
employment, educational opportunity
and positively affect those whom they
served.
