Florence Nightingale is the woman responsible for making nursing what it is today. She was a woman that grew up wealth and was complicated. Was she asexual? Perhaps. Was she a lesbian? Maybe. Was she racist? Absolutely. Was she misogynistic? Certainly. Take a listen to this episode to learn more about the woman behind the image of the Lady with the Lamp.

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