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Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Margaret Forster 1938-2016, Significant sisters: the grassroots of active feminism 1839-1939, 1984
'Significant Sisters' traces the lives and careers of eight women, each of whom pioneered vital changes in the spheres of law, education, the professions, morals or politics. Each forged her own particular brand of feminism, yet all engaged in the battle and limitations imposed upon women's freedomBook has a cream cover with six black and white photos of women (clockwise from top left: Margaret Sanger, Emma Goldman, Josephine Butler, Emily Davis, Carolie Norton and Florence Nightingale) Author's name is printed in dark blue on front cover and spine and the title is printed in brown on front cover and spine. The back cover has a summary of the book along with reviews. non-fiction'Significant Sisters' traces the lives and careers of eight women, each of whom pioneered vital changes in the spheres of law, education, the professions, morals or politics. Each forged her own particular brand of feminism, yet all engaged in the battle and limitations imposed upon women's freedomfeminism, caroline norton, elizabeth blackwell, florence nightingale\emily davies, josephine butler, elizabeth cady stanton, margaret sanger, emma goldman -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Elizabeth Burchill 1904-2003, Australian nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990, 1992
This book is a historical account of Australian nursing, tracing it's development from Florence Nightingale's influence to 1990. It explores the role of nursing in various settings, including war, peace, and public health, and highlights key figures and milestones in the professionIllustrated book with dark pink cover. Title and author's name are printed on the front cover and spine. Also on the front cover are three small oval black and white photographs within individual decorative borders (Florence Nightingale, a woman wearing glasses ca.1980's, and a woman wearing Victorian dress carrying a bag) On the back cover is a black and white is a black and white photograph of the author (Elizabeth Burchill] and information about her life.non-fictionThis book is a historical account of Australian nursing, tracing it's development from Florence Nightingale's influence to 1990. It explores the role of nursing in various settings, including war, peace, and public health, and highlights key figures and milestones in the professionnursing-australia-history, history of nursing-australia -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book, Cecil Woodham-Smith 1896-1977, Florence Nightingale, 1969
Biography of Florence Nightingale, from her early life and training to her groundbreaking work during the Crimean War and her lifelong advocacy for healthcare reform.Book has a yellow white and purple cover with black print. A black and white illustration of a woman wearing a bonnet with a bow (from a watercolour of Florence Nightingale painted by J. Barrett in 1956) on the front cover, this is surrounded by a yellow frame. Below this border the publishers name is printed in black on a white background. At the top of the front cover authors name is printed on a yellow background, below this the title is printed on a purple background, and below this, on a white background a comment is printed re Florence Nightingale. Title, author's name and printers mark are also printed on the spine. On the back cover title and publisher's names are printed along with two reviews of the booknon-fictionBiography of Florence Nightingale, from her early life and training to her groundbreaking work during the Crimean War and her lifelong advocacy for healthcare reform.florence nightingale, nurses-great britain-biography, crimean war