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The Story of Florence Nightingale: The Heroine of the Crimea

W. J. Wintle · 1900

A popular 1900 biography of Florence Nightingale by W. J. Wintle, focused on her work in the Crimean War. It shows how she was presented to young readers in Britain.

A popular 1900 biography that presents Nightingale mainly through her Crimean War work, showing how she was remembered by young readers.

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W. J. Wintle, The Story of Florence Nightingale: The Heroine of the Crimea, 1900. Scanned book, Internet Archive (PDF).

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What it is

This is a 144-page popular biography of Florence Nightingale by W. J. Wintle, first published in 1900. The copy scanned by the Internet Archive is a fifth edition published by the Sunday School Union in London. It is one volume in the Splendid Lives series, which offered short books about notable people for young readers.

Why it matters

Wintle's book focuses on Nightingale's work in the Crimean War, when she led nurses in military hospitals and became known as The Lady with the Lamp. The book's epigraph, from Longfellow, presents her as a noble type of good, heroic womanhood. The book shows how a popular writer in 1900 chose to tell her story: through heroism and service, for a young audience and a Sunday School publisher.

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  • What picture of Nightingale does the title and the Longfellow verse create for a young reader?
  • Why might a Sunday School publisher choose to print a biography like this for young readers?
  • Which parts of Nightingale's life does the book leave out, based on its focus on the Crimean work?

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