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Ciufi
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The Life of Florence Nightingale, by Sarah Tooley (1856 - 1946)
Journalist and author Sarah Tooley was best known in her time for her biography of Queen Victoria and this biography of Florence Nightingale, written while its subject was still living (while Project Gutenberg lists its publication date as 1916, its original publication date appears to be 1904). Tooley gives us a comprehensive and engaging look at the life of this remarkable woman, who was not only the founder of modern nursing, but a statistician, social reformer, feminist, and author. (Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72732/

Target completion date: 2024-07-01

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography

Keywords that describe the book: feminism, nursing, social reform

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Ciufi
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Post by Ciufi »

Lynette Caulkins has agreed to be DPL for this project :D .
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Post by LCaulkins »

Yes! I'm definitely on board for this.
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Post by craigdav1 »

MW coming up.

edit: Let me know if any changes are needed. Enjoy.
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Post by craigdav1 »

https://archive.org/details/lifeofflorenceni00tooluoft/page/n9/mode/2up

This copy is dated 1904. I also found a 5th ed. dated 1908. If they are calling them different editions there might be differences between them.
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Post by Ciufi »

Thanks!
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Moving topic to Going Solo forum.
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Post by Ciufi »

Well, then, we may as well get started! :D This one is going to be fun, I think. Chapter 1 is up.
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Post by LCaulkins »

Section 1 is PL OK :thumbs:

I felt like I should know who Sir Richard was, but I haven't the faintest idea. I suppose that reinforces the point of her name being so universally and enduringly recognized. 8-)
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Post by Ciufi »

I guess he had famous cotton mills. Who knew? :D
Chapter 2 is up. This is a pleasant read, I think.
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Post by LCaulkins »

Yes, and I had to look up Lea Hall. It's been available for short rentals since 2019! If I had 10K sitting around, I'd rent a week there for a fun gathering of anyone who wanted to join in! (there's even a 30% sale right now) . . . Let's go! :lol:

Lea Hall in Matlock

If you click on one of the two photos on that page, it opens the image scroll where you can click through a lot more photos.
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Post by Ciufi »

How cool! lChapter 3 is up - another house to check into. I am going to Google it now....
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Post by LCaulkins »

I think we were each PL'ing the other's recording at the same time. :lol:

Chapter 3 is PL OK :thumbs:

And, "Oh, my!" Lea Hurst, and it has B&B suites . . . Florence Nightingale Suites

I've been drooling at this the past 20 minutes. Alas, there are no openings in August for our 35th anniversary. :sigh: Which is actually OK, because I'm not sure where my brain thought we would come up with the funds to just pop over to England at that time. :lol:
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Post by Ciufi »

It's fun to dream about, though... :D
CH. 4 is ready for a listen. I am continuing to find this book a pleasant read., You know, I do think that this era of writers (turn of the 20th century) tends to portray childhood in a kind of cloying and simpering way, but then again, most current movies and streamers tend to present children and adolescents as sullen, foul mouthed little creeps - equally untrue and much more annoying to this old retired middle school teacher. Most of my students were quite likeable, I thought.
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Post by LCaulkins »

Section 4 is PL OK :thumbs:

Yes, there are a lot of really nice young people. I thought the whole dog passage was really sweet. Lucky dog to have had a champion!
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