Florence Nightingale

Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England — Six books inscribed by Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing, come to auction at Sworders in September, They are being sold by desc
Dallas, TX – A letter signed by Florence Nightingale, whose name has become synonymous with the altruistic spirit many associate with the members of the medical profession, is among the featured lo
London — Florence Nightingale was so appalled by medical neglect during the Crimean War (1853-1856), that she wrote – and privately printed – a damning report that presented statistics in a pie cha
Novels, letters and photographs by pioneering and influential women from Josephine Bonaparte to J K Rowling feature in Bonhams Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases and Historical Photographs sale in…