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Meanings of Lady with the Lamp in English

Portuguese
florence nightingale
Catalan
florence nightingale
Spanish
florence nightingale

English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

        florence nightingale
        Usage of Lady with the Lamp in English
        1
        She led the class procession as the Lady with the Lamp.
        Her mother's hope
        2
        She didn't say anything about being Lady with the Lamp or top of her class.
        Her mother's hope
        3
        During the Crimean War, the Lady with the Lamp trained these women in her pioneering nursing practices.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Mrs. Kaufman informed Hildemara that she would head the procession as the Lady with the Lamp, Florence Nightingale, the mother of nursing.
        Her mother's hope
        5
        Her noble work was celebrated by Longfellow, in his poem "Santa Filomena," often better known as "The Lady with the Lamp":
        Queen Victoria
        6
        In it she-sheyonder-yes ,thelady with the lamp, came and stood by him, and said, 'Be steadfast.'
        Chantry House
        7
        I need not say that no one has ever again heard the wailings, nor seen the lady with the lamp.
        Chantry House
        8
        "Well, well, so here's the grand Lady with the Lamp."
        Her mother's hope
        9
        "Enter the Lady with the Lamp!"
        The Making of a Soul
        10
        But "the lady with the lamp" soon brought about a revolution; and the soldiers knew to their joy what it was to have proper nursing.
        Beneath the Banner: Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave De...
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