Florence Nightingale [She Persisted]by Johannes, Shelli R. 

Paperback(Philomel, 2023)

BTSB #: 492136 Available

Dewey: 610.73/BAges: 6-9   


Genres:

Subjects: Nightingale, Florence,|d1820-1910 Nurses - Biography Animals - Fiction

Summary: When Florence Nightingale decided as a teenager that she wanted to become a nurse, her parents tried to talk her out of it, claiming that it wasn't a suitable profession for a woman. But she persisted in her career and went on to save countless lives of patients, especially of soldiers. Known as "The Lady with the Lamp," she is widely considered to be the founder of modern nursing. Learn about the amazing life of Florence Nightingale--and how she persisted.

Mary Seacole : bound for the battlefield by Rubin, Susan Goldman 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 769528 Available

Dewey: 947/BAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 870 F&P: U

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Subjects: Seacole, Mary,|d1805-1881 Nurses - Biography Jamaicans - Biography Crimean War, 1853-1856 Jamaica Crimea (Ukraine)

Summary: The life of pioneering Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole who spent much of her life on the front lines of the Crimean War, ministering to the wounded, caring for soldiers, and making her mark on the world of medicine.