Florence Nightingale, Letter to Mary Clarke Mohl (13 December 1861), in Lynn McDonald (ed.) Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution (2005), p. 84
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Women crave for being loved, not for loving. They scream out at you for sympathy all day long, they are incapable of giving any in return, for they cannot remember your affairs long enough to do so.
— Florence Nightingale on Women
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About Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a British nurse, a pioneer of modern nursing, and a noted statistician.
About Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a British nurse, a pioneer of modern nursing, and a noted statistician.
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