Leading Women
Vera Britain born 1893 -1970 and Dame Shirley Williams her daughter HLB
Vera Britain author pascifist and politician, who were the influential people in her life and family…
Read MoreIsambard Kingdom Brunel & Florence Nightingale a Connection
What is the connection between two great British heros, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Florence Nightingale?
Read MoreDickens, Fry, Nightingale, Darwin, Wordsworth and Martineau. What are their intriguing connections?
Intriguing connections between famous people make us view historic times and events differently
Read MoreElizabeth Fry Reformer and Quaker
The work of Elizabeth Fry, Quaker and social reformer inspired others such as Florence Nightingale. Her courage and work was outstanding in a time when women were considered to have few roles outside of the family
Read MoreNorfolk and Edith Cavell
Norfolk is the birthplace of one of Britain’s most courage humanitarians, Edith Cavell, executed by German forces in WWI
Read MoreAda Lovelace 1815 – 1852 and the first computer programme
Aususta Ada Lovelace was a brilliant mathematician who took Charles Babbage’s analytical machine a step further, so why don’t we know more about her?
Read MoreMigration of Nightingale Nurses
The migration of the Nightingale nurses, allowed the excellent standards and practises of their training to be disseminated throughout the world
Read MoreNurse Training in the C19th & C20th
Nurse training, the Florence Nightingale way. The lives of our ancestors were improved beyond measure by the work and resolve of Florence Nightingale
Read MoreA Good Nurse an improving Woman…
Powerful words from Florence Nightingale
Read MoreVictorian Hospitals
Until the C19th century, serious illness amongst our ancestors was treated at home. The establishment of Victorian hospitals began as overcrowded workhouse infirmaries could no longer cope with the volume of patients in their care
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