Florence Nightingale

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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

Florence Nightingale

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Topic

Theory of progress

Author

Florence Nightingale

Source

Cassandra: an Essay

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Cassandra: An Essay. c. 1852.

Current Citation

Nightingale, Florence. "Cassandra." Cassandra: Florence Nightingale's Angry Outcry Against the Forced Idleness of Victorian Women. The Feminist Press, 1993.

I would earnestly ask my sisters to keep clear of both the jargons now current everywhere... Of the jargon, namely about the "rights" of women, which urges women to do all that men do... Merely because men do it, and without regard to whether this is the best that women can do; and of the jargon which urges women to do nothing that men do, merely because they are women... Woman should bring the best she has, whatever that is... Without attending to either of these cries.

Florence Nightingale

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Topic

Women Men and women Women's rights

Author

Florence Nightingale

Source

Notes on Nursing

Medium

Treatise

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not. London: Harrison and Sons, 1859.

Current Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not. Dover Publications, 1969.

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

Florence Nightingale

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Topic

Buck stops here Success Excuses Personal responsibility

Speaker

Florence Nightingale

Source

Letters of Florence Nightingale

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Letter to Miss H. Bonham Carter. 1861.