"Florence Nightingale" by Emma Lazarus

Emma Lazarus was an American poet who was writing during the late 1800s. She is most known for her sonnet in honor of The Statue of Liberty, "The New Colossus". Her poem, "Florence Nightingale", was written on March 7, 1867 and was first published in 1871. There are conflicting opinions about the accuracy of this poem's portrayal of the woman known as "The Mother of Modern Nursing" and "The Lady with the Lamp", but regardless, it is a wonderful piece which honors Nightingale's contributions to the field of medicine.

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"Florence Nightingale" by Emma Lazarus is an episode from Verses In Vox by Porchlight Family Media.

This episode is 2:23 long.

This episode was published on Feb 17, 2017.

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