I haven't known much about Florence Nightingale; only that she was kind of a heroic person within the context of caring for the sick. You gave some flesh to my superficial knowledge.
And your set of pictures and the care with which you sought them out and placed them ever so gently into your article impresses me.
There happened a lot of injustice in particular towards women who tried to set new standards in the realm of medicine or other fields.
I am happy that we live in modern times and that women are no longer properties.
P.S. oddly "hysterika" has my name in it! :-/
Thank you for that comment. I admire her work. She really did so much to improve the lives of everyone. She resisted some "new" ideas about the way disease was spread, but basically her emphasis on "clean" and fresh air was on target. In her manual on hospitals, the guiding principle was that these should do no harm. I think this is a goal hospitals still fail to achieve today. What comes through in her writing is her compassion for the sick.
This isn't a popular post, but I still think I will revisit her writing. Gives interesting insight into concepts of hygiene and disease in the nineteenth century.
The bit about your name is funny. I get the feeling from your posts and comments that there is no bit of hysteria in your world view.