Florence

The tour featured histories of the town and highlighted the many prominent black and white anti-slavery advocates in the area. When speaking about the town, Strimer repeatedly referred to the area in Florence from 1840-1860 as a ‘utopian society’ or a ‘utopia’ and even the brochure uses the term ‘utopia’ to describe the community (David Ruggles Center). Strangely, during the same tour he claimed that the people in the town did not believe that it was…

The Florence Way In the book The Florence Prescription, the reader is first introduced to eight elements in which main character, Carol Jean, describes as “characteristics common to organizations with a culture of ownership”(Tye, 2014, p. 17). These characteristics include commitment, engagement, passion, initiative, stewardship, belonging, fellowship and pride (Tye, 2014). Of these eight, four characteristics resonate to be ones I plan to integrate into my future nursing practice. In no…

The family structure of Florence contributes or is the cause of the effects Florence now experiences. According to the case, it is a large family Florence is the third out of nine children who all lived on a farm and grew up in laborious settings. Her family worked from sun up to sun down as described and Florence was responsible for the housework. Likewise, Florence was unable to complete school she stopped at eighth grade because her father believed…

care to them. In 1859, Florence published a book called “Notes on Hospitals”, which focused on how to properly run civilian hospitals. In 1860, she opened the Nightingale Training School for Nurses at ST. Thomas Hospital. Florence interviewed and supervised every single student. In 1908, she received the merit of honor by King Edward. At thirty eight years old, she was permanently bedridden and she continued to work from her bedside. She died on August 13, 1910. Florence Nightingale…

Florence + the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How...Boring - Review The follow-up to the world-wide smash hit success Ceremonials is finally here. Florence and the Machine returns with their highly anticipated new album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. Florence Welch reveals in various interviews that she wrote and recorded most of the album last year with producer Markus Dravs. She went on to say that she chose Dravs to produce because she loved his work, and she likes the way he is able to…

During Florence Kelley speech before the convection of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22, 1905, she announces to the government that child labor laws in the south are too severe for young kids to handle. In her speech she uses an amount of imagery to send a sort of emotion to her crowd, and also uses questions to make her audience think about what she’s talking about in her speech. She uses this tactic to make her crowd feel sympathy, in order for her…

There are numerous stories of leaders who have made remarkable contributions to society and their field of study. For example, Florence Nightingale contributed her legacy to health care by stressing the importance of establishing nurse professional training programs and improved hospital conditions (McDonald, 2001). Nightingale’s legacy is one of nursing structure and improved systems and has lived on for more than a hundred years. Not everyone’s legacy has to be as grandiose or impactful as…

has their own view on what that piece of work means or shows. In Fire In The City, Lauro Martines writes about the events that unfolded in Florence, Italy during the Renaissance. He does so by following a particular character, Girolamo Savonarola. Martines decides to write the book this way because he wants to demonstrate the turmoil that was happening in Florence through the indirect use of Savonarola as the central focus. The book is not written only about Savonarola; instead it is of the…

Sculptor that goes by the nickname Donatello, that was chosen by his family and friends. In the 15th century Florence, Italy wasn’t unified like it is today with other cities but during this time Florence was a city-state like Milan and Venice. The Florence republic was different from other republics because of how it limited power to the nobility so no one would have governmental control over Florence although the Medici family had some political control because of how wealthy and rich they…

In Florence 1389, a boy is baptized, he was not of noble birth. He was the son of a local merchant. His name was Cosimo De Medici. According to the book “Culture & Values: A survey of the Humanities” by Lawrence S. Cunningham, John J. Reich, and Louis Fichner-Rathus, “ Cosimo de’ Medici (de facto ruler of Florence from 1434 to 1464) was an astute banker and a cultivated man of letters” (382). From humble beginnings, his dynasty would seek for power and influence and not stop until they secured…