Author Archives: Dorothea Scarborough, Cape Town.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
South Africa. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was the great reformer of nursing and health care during the 19th century. She was born of British parents in Florence, Italy. Her father was a wealthy landowner and educated his two intelligent daughters, Parthe and Florence, by himself. Florence, however, was not drawn to a conventional social and domestic…
