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Florence Nightingale 1820 –1910

1820–1910

Mark Rathbone looks at the life, career and legacy of this nursing pioneer best known for her work in the Crimean War

Source A Florence Nightingale

1 Read Source B. Consider the language used by the author of this source. Does it suggest this is a reliable source?

2 Read Source C. a How significant a source is this for the lives of both Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole? b As this source shows, the public comparison of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole was made as long ago as 1856. Do you agree with the author’s conclusion that the part some of Nightingale’s supporters played ‘in the rows over the CBBC programme in 2014 and the Mary Seacole statue in 2016 does them no credit’?

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