num_pages: 48
description: Growing up in a wealthy family that believed nursing wasn't a respectable job, Florence Nightingale was determined to help others. After more than sixty years of service as a nurse, she had helped to make nursing an honorable profession, left behind safer, cleaner hospitals, and saved countless lives.
language: English
title: Florence Nightingale
titlecomplete: Florence Nightingale (On My Own Biography)
characters: Florence Nightingale
genres: Biography, History
ratings_count: 22
series: On My Own Biography
publisher: First Avenue Editions ™