Its Usually Not an Accident

Published: March 31, 2021, 7 a.m.

\u201cFlorence Nightingale was an incredible woman. She revolutionized nursing. She saved thousands and thousands of lives. This came as a surprise in Victorian England because women weren\u2019t supposed to do career-type things, let alone something as hands on as work in a hospital. Her spirit and her determination came as a surprise to her parents too, as we\u2019ve talked about, who thought their wealth and status, should have bestowed on their daughter a quiet dignity and taste for the finer th...