Item Information
Title
Letter to Nursing Students, page 11
Subject
nursing, history of nursing
Creator
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
Date
28 May 1900
Rights
https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
Language
English
Type
Text - scan of original letter
Identifier
https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/nightingale/
Text
prophecy has been!
Woman was the ^home drudge.
Now she is the teacher.
Let her not forfeit it
by being the arrogant-
the “Equal with Men.”
She does not forfeit it
by being the help “meet.”
Woman was the ^home drudge.
Now she is the teacher.
Let her not forfeit it
by being the arrogant-
the “Equal with Men.”
She does not forfeit it
by being the help “meet.”
Now, will you let me
try to thank you,
tho’ words cannot
express my thankfulness,
for all your kind thoughts,
for your beautiful Books