Cassandra

An Essay

Author: Florence Nightingale
ISBN: 9780912670553

   The world knows Florence Nightingale as "the lady with the lamp"-the revered founder of nursing as a respectable profession for women. But few people are aware that Nightingale's career began only after years of struggle to free herself from her suffocating Victorian family. In this surprisingly passionate feminist essay (a "brilliant polemic," statesMartha Vicinus), Nightingale denounces the lives of idleness she and other women of her class were forced to lead.

Publisher: Feminist Press
Publish Date: 1979

Subjects: Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Feminism Early Works)