Florence Nightingale
The nursing pioneer - known to generations as the "lady with the lamp" - died on August 13th 1910.
Nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale - known to generations as the "lady with the lamp" - died on August 13th 1910. Lucy Burns hears a recording of Florence Nightingale's voice from 1890, along with memories of her life from her great-nephew Harry Verney and her private doctor May Thorne - and Dr Rosemary Wall from the University of Hull explains her legacy in the world of public health.
Recording courtesy of the Library at the Wellcome Collection
Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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