TY - BOOK AU - Johannes,Shelli R. AU - Flint,Gillian TI - Florence Nightingale T2 - She persisted SN - 9780593529003 PY - 2023///] CY - New York PB - Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC KW - Nightingale, Florence, KW - Nurses KW - England KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Women N2 - When Florence Nightingale decided as a teenager that she wanted to become a nurse, her parents tried to talk her out of it, claiming that it wasn't a suitable profession for a woman. But she persisted in her career and went on to save countless lives of patients, especially of soldiers. Known as "The Lady with the Lamp," she is widely considered to be the founder of modern nursing ER -