Florence Nightingale: an Introduction to Her Life and Family

Lynn McDonald, director of the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, is university professor emerita at the University of Guelph. She is an environmentalist, a former member of parliament, a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, and a long-time activist on womens issues. She has an honorary doctorate from York University.

• Florence Nightingale: An Introduction to Her Life and Family: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1, edited by Lynn McDonaldAcknowledgmentsDramatis PersonaeList of IllustrationsIntroduction to the Collected WorksThematic OrganizationElectronic and Print PublicationAn Outline of Florence Nightingale's LifeFaith and ChurchEarly Writing: Suggestions for Thought (1852-60)Celibacy and SuitorsFirst Work in Nursing: Harley Street (1853-54)The Crimean War (1854-56)First Royal Commission, on the Army (1856-59)Illness and InvalidismSecond Royal Commission, on India (1858-63)Working Style (1859-99)Opposition to Registration of Nurses (1887-94)Domestic Arrangements and ExpendituresFriendsThe ArtsLove of Nature and Companion AnimalsDeath RitualsLast Days, Will and DeathThemesLaw, Probability and ApplicationPositivism and IdealismTheology/TheodikèNatural ScienceThe Italian ConnectionGovernment and PoliticsThe Family and IndividualsSocial Class and CasteGender Roles and Status of WomenEmpire and ImperialismWar and MilitarismApproach to Health CareConclusionKey to EditingFamily LifeNightingale's ""Lebenslauf"" for KaiserwerthNotes on Her Parents and SisterLetters to, from and about Nightingale's Immediate FamilyMother, Frances ""Fanny"" NightingaleFather, W.E. NightingaleSister, Parthenope, Lady VerneyLetters to, from and about Nightingale's Extended FamilyGrandmother, Mary ShoreThe Bonham Carter FamilyThe Nicholson FamilyThe Smith FamilyThe Verney FamilyGodchildren and NamesakesDomestic ArrangementsFood Orders and RecipesExpenditures and DonationsCat CareLetters to, for and about Domestic Employees""Waifs and Strays""Appendix A: Biographical SketchesThe Nightingale FamilyThe Shore FamilyThe Smith FamilyFather: William Edward Nightingale (1794-1874)Mother: Frances (Fanny) Nightingale (1788-1880)Sister: Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney (1819-90)Uncle Samuel and Aunt Mary Shore Smith(Sir) Harry Verney (1801-94)Edmund Hope Verney (1838-1910) and Margaret Verney (1844-1930)Blanche Smith, Arthur Hugh Clough and Arthur CloughAppendix B: The Rise and Fall of Florence Nightingale's ReputationAppendix C: Florence Nightingale's Family TreeAppendix D: Florence Nightingale's Last Will and CodicilsAppendix E: Research Methods and SourcesElectronic Data BasesAnnotationsArchivesBibliographyIndex

``The Nightingale project ranks with both the Gladstone diaries and the Disraeli letters as a major undertaking in the field of Victorian-era scholarship, and therefore is of surpassing value to historians of the period, as well as to general readers.'' -- C. Brad Faught, Tyndale University College, Toronto -- Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 81 (1), March 2012, 201204