Florence Nightingale: An Introduction to Her Life and Family: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ............................................................................. ix Dramatis Personae ............................................................................ xi List of Illustrations ............................................................................ xii Introduction to the Collected Works ............................................... 1 Thematic Organization .................................................................... 7 Electronic and Print Publication ...................................................... 12 An Outline of Florence Nightingale’s Life ...................................... 15 Faith and Church ............................................................................ 19 Early Writing: Suggestions for Thought (1852-60) ................................. 20 Celibacy and Suitors ........................................................................ 23 First Work in Nursing: Harley Street (1853-54) ................................. 26 The Crimean War (1854-56) ............................................................ 27 First Royal Commission, on the Army (1856-59) ............................... 31 Illness and Invalidism ...................................................................... 33 Second Royal Commission, on India (1858-63) ................................. 36 Working Style (1859-99) .................................................................. 39 Opposition to Registration of Nurses (1887-94) ................................ 43 Domestic Arrangements and Expenditures ...................................... 43 Friends ............................................................................................ 46 The Arts .......................................................................................... 47 Love of Nature and Companion Animals .......................................... 48 Death Rituals ................................................................................... 50 Last Days, Will and Death ................................................................ 52 Themes .............................................................................................. 55 Law, Probability and Application ...................................................... 55 Positivism and Idealism .................................................................... 57 Theology/Theodikè ........................................................................ 58 Natural Science ............................................................................... 58 The Italian Connection ................................................................... 60 Government and Politics ................................................................. 61 The Family and Individuals .............................................................. 63 Social Class and Caste ...................................................................... 64 / v Gender Roles and Status of Women ................................................. 69 Empire and Imperialism .................................................................. 74 War and Militarism .......................................................................... 75 Approach to Health Care ................................................................. 80 Conclusion ...................................................................................... 84 Key to Editing .................................................................................... 85 Family Life ......................................................................................... 89 Nightingale’s ‘‘Lebenslauf’’ for Kaiserswerth .................................... 90 Notes on Her Parents and Sister ...................................................... 94 Letters to, from and about Nightingale’s Immediate Family ......... 101 Mother, Frances ‘‘Fanny’’ Nightingale .............................................. 101 Father, W.E. Nightingale .................................................................. 218 Sister, Parthenope, Lady Verney ....................................................... 278 Letters to, from and about Nightingale’s Extended Family ........... 409 Grandmother, Mary Shore ............................................................... 409 The Bonham Carter Family .............................................................. 425 The Nicholson Family ...................................................................... 458 The Smith Family ............................................................................ 473 The Verney Family ........................................................................... 560 Godchildren and Namesakes ........................................................... 717 Domestic Arrangements ................................................................... 731 Food Orders and Recipes ................................................................ 731 Expenditures and Donations ........................................................... 742 Cat Care .......................................................................................... 755 Letters to, for and about Domestic Employees .................................. 766 ‘‘Waifs and Strays’’ ........................................................................... 803 Appendix A: Biographical Sketches ................................................ 827 The Nightingale Family ................................................................... 827 The Shore Family ............................................................................ 828 The Smith Family ............................................................................ 828 Father: William Edward Nightingale (1794-1874) ............................. 829 Mother: Frances (Fanny) Nightingale (1788-1880) ........................... 831 Sister: Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney (1819-90) ........................... 834 Uncle Samuel and Aunt Mary Shore Smith ...................................... 835 (Sir) Harry Verney (1801-94) ........................................................... 837 Edmund Hope Verney (1838-1910) and Margaret Verney (1844-1930) ................................................................................ 840 Blanche Smith, Arthur Hugh Clough and Arthur Clough ................. 841 Appendix B: The Rise and Fall of Florence Nightingale’s Reputation ............................................................... 843 Appendix C: Florence Nightingale’s Family Tree ........................... 848 Appendix D: Florence Nightingale’s Last Will and Codicils .......... 852 vi / Florence Nightingale: Her Life and Family Appendix E: Research Methods and Sources ................................. 862 Electronic Data Bases ...................................................................... 867 Annotations .................................................................................... 868 Archives .......................................................................................... 870 Bibliography ...................................................................................... 875 Index .................................................................................................. 885 Contents / vii This page intentionally left blank ...