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When Phemie Witherspoon, a spirited youth from Glasgow, leaves home, she encounters Florence Nightingale. Recognizing her determined nature, Nightingale invites Phemie to train as a nurse—joining the new breed of women who elevate the former degrading occupation of hospital nursing into a dignified vocation.
First publish date: 1973
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Frances Murray
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