Légende

Letter from Florence Nightingale, c1854-c1856. Florence Nightingale arrived at Scutari in 1854 to organise nursing services for British troops in the Crimean War. This letter to Sidney Herbert, her principal supporter in London, deals with her opinions on the status of female nurses and the difficulties caused by the claims of various religious groups to send in parties of women. '...spiritual [?] flirtation between the ladies & the soldiers. I saw enough of that here - it [?] the particular man - it gets nothing done in the General. My [?] a Civil Hospital with ladies & men - [?] you will soon find what I mean. The ladies all quarrel among themselves. The Medical Men all laugh at their helplessness but like to have them about for the sake of a little female society, which is natural, but not our object...'

Date

1854

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_127

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,8Mo (2,5Mo) / 29,2cm x 43,5cm / 3454 x 5136 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England library work employment hospital medicine country science letter English war text location Victorian century handwriting nurse employee staff wartime nursing concept correspondence controversy B&W British Library lettering gender controversial 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century women at work working manuscript Crimean War Herbert Sidney Florence Nightingale Lady of the Lamp Sidney Herbert Baron Herbert of Lea Nightingale Florence Heritage Art 19th-century 1st Baron Herbert of Lea Lord Herbert of Lea Honourable Sidney Herbert