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Cassandra: Florence Nightingale's Angry Outcry Against the Forced Idleness of Victorian Women
by Nightingale, Florence, Stark, Myra, MacDonald, Cynthia
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- Condition: Good
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- Ships From: New York, NY
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- Comments: Good Condition. Most of our copies have little to no marks or highlighting. Cover and corners show very minor to moderate wear. Spine is great; no loose pages. CDs or DVDs, if included with this item, show few or no scratches. Questions welcome.
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- ISBN-13: 9780912670553
- ISBN: 091267055X
- Publication Date: 1993
- Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
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SUMMARY
The world knows Florence Nightingale as "the lady with the lamp"-the revered founder of nursing as a respectable profession for women. But few people are aware that Nightingale's career began only after years of struggle to free herself from her suffocating Victorian family. In this surprisingly passionate feminist essay (a "brilliant polemic," states Martha Vicinus), Nightingale denounces the lives of idleness she and other women of'her class were forced to lead.Nightingale, Florence is the author of 'Cassandra: Florence Nightingale's Angry Outcry Against the Forced Idleness of Victorian Women', published 1993 under ISBN 9780912670553 and ISBN 091267055X.
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