Julia Justiss | Women of Daring
Hiding to find a new life or defying expectations to find one, this month we look at four courageous nineteenth century women determined to forge a new path in the field of medicine. We begin with THE NURSE’S SECRET by Amanda Skenandore. Bellevue Hospital in New York was the first in the US to establish a school of nursing based on principles developed by Florence Nightingale, who insisted that nursing should be a profession peopled by trained and skilled women of good character, not slovenly, unschooled drudges. Into this regimented and ...