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RIASSUNTO
Nel 150° anniversario dell'Unití d'Italia, gli Infermieri Italiani non possono dimenticare che proprio Florence Nightingale, fondatrice del Nursing moderno, fu un'accesa sostenitrice della causa risorgimentale e dell'Unití . Una lettera autografa inedita, recuperata presso l'Archivio di Stato di Pistoia, ci aiuta a ripercorrere l'atteggiamento di Florence Nightingale nel processo unitario della Nazione in cui era nata.
Parole Chiave: Storia del Nursing, Italia, Florence Nightingale.
ABSTRACT
In the year of the 150th anniversary of the Unity of Italy, Italian nurses cannot forget that Florence Nightingale herself, founder of modern Nursing , was a fervid support of the Risorgimento and of Italian unity. An unpublished letter, signed by her and conserved in the State archives of Pistoia, illustrates her feelings about the process of unity under way in the country where she was born.
Key words: History of Nursing, Italy, Florence Nightingale.
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References
- Bostridge, M (2008). Florence Nightingale, the making of an icon. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- McDonald, L. (2004). Florence Nightingale's European Travels. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
- Tooley, S. (1913). Florence Nightingale. Firenze: Barbera.
References
Bostridge, M (2008). Florence Nightingale, the making of an icon. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
McDonald, L. (2004). Florence Nightingale's European Travels. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Tooley, S. (1913). Florence Nightingale. Firenze: Barbera.