Sarah Ridley has an enduring interest in history, the natural world and many other topics, which has made her work as an editor and writer of children's information books endlessly fascinating. Some of her books have been shortlisted or longlisted for information book awards, including Dear Jelly: Family Letters from the First World War and Suffragettes and the Fight for the Vote. Sarah lives in Colchester with her husband and her student daughter's guinea pigs.

• 1: The lady, the lamp and the letters1: Why is she called Florence?1: Education fit for a boy1: Good works, good daughter1: To marry, or not?1: Nursing at las1: War!1: Scutari Hospital1: The nurses1: Lady with the lamp1: Soldiers still dying1: Visiting the field hospitals1: Alexis Soyer and Mary Seacole1: The war ends1: Nightingale nurses1: Letters … 14,000 of them1: Hospitals1: Nurses for all1: Family and later life1: What did Florence Nightingale do for us?1: Timeline1: Glossary1: Further information1: Index

Sarah Ridley has an enduring interest in history, the natural world and many other topics, which has made her work as an editor and writer of children's information books endlessly fascinating. Some of her books have been shortlisted or longlisted for information book awards, including Dear Jelly: Family Letters from the First World War and Suffragettes and the Fight for the Vote. Sarah lives in Colchester with her husband and her student daughter's guinea pigs.

• 1: The lady, the lamp and the letters1: Why is she called Florence?1: Education fit for a boy1: Good works, good daughter1: To marry, or not?1: Nursing at las1: War!1: Scutari Hospital1: The nurses1: Lady with the lamp1: Soldiers still dying1: Visiting the field hospitals1: Alexis Soyer and Mary Seacole1: The war ends1: Nightingale nurses1: Letters … 14,000 of them1: Hospitals1: Nurses for all1: Family and later life1: What did Florence Nightingale do for us?1: Timeline1: Glossary1: Further information1: Index