Previously unseen treasures from the charity’s history on the frontline are going on permanent display at its London HQ A quilt stitched with coded messages by allied female prisoners of war and a ...

Since she published a book about Florence Nightingale in 2013, historian Judith Lissauer Cromwell ’57 has spoken at numerous events for nursing students. Surprisingly, she has found that half of her ...

Florence Nightingale gained her nickname after a description of her solitary rounds on the wards with a lamp appeared in The Times newspaper A brass desk lamp which once belonged to Florence ...

Florence Nightingale’s birth on May 12, 1820, is commemorated as International Nurses Day, honouring her founding role in modern nursing. Today would be her 200th birthday, so expect to hear even more ...

A nursing charity hopes to identify nurses who have been ‘lamp carriers’ at its annual Florence Nightingale commemoration service.

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For nearly 200 years, Florence Nightingale’s name has been synonymous with gentle compassion and mercy. In the mid-19th century, Nightingale became perhaps the most celebrated woman of her era – ...

It was the lantern that cast a reassuring light over wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War. Now the lamp that earned Florence Nightingale her title of "the lady with the lamp" will be back ...

What would Florence Nightingale make of present-day healthcare? Like anyone else, she would probably find much to admire – even much to be in awe of – but just as much of which to disapprove and ...