In addition to her formative relationship with Madre Santa Colomba
, FN
became a close friend during her trips to Rome in 1847 and 1850 of Lord
and Lady Herbert
. This couple, Sidney and...
Friends, Associates
Florence Nightingale
Her notoriety (following the war and from her later work) placed FN
in the society of many important contemporaries, including every Prime Minister of her time.
Dolan, Josephine A. Nursing In Society: A Historical Perspective. Saunders, 1973.
Arthur Hugh Clough
saw her off on her mission, which turned out to last for twenty-one months. The events surrounding her departure are bathed in myth; as Mary Poovey
suggests, they supported her mystical election...
Travel
Florence Nightingale
In April 1851 FN
was finally allowed to leave home after six months. She visited Sidney
and Elizabeth Herbert
at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Nightingale, Florence. Ever Yours, Florence Nightingale. Editors Vicinus, Martha and Bea Nergaard, Harvard University Press, 1990.
