Florence Nightingale: a biography

Florence Nightingale: a biography – is a work published in 1931 and written by Irene Cooper Willis, a British barrister and literary scholar. Except for the biography of Florence Nightingale, Irene Cooper Willis also wrote biographies of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Brontës. Florence Nightingale was a British reformer of nursing. Also, she was a British social reformer. Florence Nightingale was the founder of the first school of nurses. She was a writer, feminist, public figure in the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century. This is the biography of a prominent woman who, through her actions, influenced many social aspects of that time.