Jubilado0505 @jubilado251.bsky.social · May 12

Nightingale was from a wealthy British family that expected her to make a “good marriage.” She rejected all that. Despite receiving multiple proposals, she believed marriage would hinder her professional calling, declaring at 30, "No more love, no more marriage"

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Jubilado0505 · May 12

Mom gave me a biography of Nightingale when I was about 12 hoping it would make me feel better about our shared first name. That didn’t work but I was left with admiration for her.