“It’s ironic that many of the field hospitals [in the U.K.] have taken her name,” says Green of the Florence Nightingale Museum, which houses almost 3,000 artifacts dedicated to her ...

A trove of photos, letters and gifts associated with Florence Nightingale just sold for £25,584 (more than $32,000) at a Roseberys auction in London. The intimate collection includes two rare ...

Laura Elvery’s novel, Nightingale, invites us to see the legendary nurse not as a symbol, but as a person shaped by illness, ...

Florence Nightingale transformed chaotic, unclean hospitals and revolutionised nursing, but it’s as a carer that she is most fondly remembered. She helped save lives during a cholera epidemic ...

They each placed a flower on the memorial in honour of the woman known as the founder of modern nursing. They were ...

Photos thought to be among the last taken of Florence Nightingale are among a number of items related to the famed English nurse going up for auction in London. The small, sepia images were taken ...

For that was the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Born to a wealthy British family, Nightingale grew up to reject marriage and a comfortable life, training instead ...

Florence Nightingale tells the story of her life and work, and shows how she grew up to become a nurse during the Crimean War. The story is told in the first person, and brought to life with a mix ...