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1024) The drummer boy's battle
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Trailblazer books volume 21
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English
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In 1854, after being wounded while serving as a drummer in the British army in the Crimean War, twelve-year-old Robbie Robinson is cared for by Florence Nightingale and becomes involved in her efforts to improve the medical care of the sick and wounded soldiers.
1034) Florence Nightingale
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Español
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A simple introduction to the life and work of Florence Nightingale, the nineteenth-century English woman considered to be the founder of modern nursing.
1036) Yes she did!: Medicine
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English
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Presents profiles of women who broke barriers in the field of medicine, including Elizabeth Blackwell, Regina Benjamin, and Clara Barton.
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Very brief history) volume 3
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English
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"Part One: The History (What do we know?) This brief historical introduction to Florence Nightingale explores the social, political and religious factors that formed the original context of her life and writings, and considers how those factors affected the way she was initially received. What was her impact on the world at the time and what were the key ideas and values connected with her? Part Two: The Legacy (Why does it matter?) This second part...
1039) Florence Nightingale
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English
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A biography of the well-to-do woman who defied social convention in order to establish nursing as a respectable career for women and bring about reforms in hospital conditions and nursing care.
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English
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"Behind the emotionally charged rhetoric around abortion are the very real stories of women who have felt alone and helpless and the health care professionals who care for them. Throughout her nearly four-decades-long nursing career, Patrice D'Amato has seen the most diverse cross section of the human population inside abortion clinics. A compassionate mosaic memoir, The View from the Clinic humanizes abortion through the multifaceted experiences...
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