59 – Lamp Lady – Florence Nightingale

About the Episode

1800s humans did a lot of hard things. They built bridges, fought wars with Real Guns™, and even shipped entire buildings across the ocean. But basic hygeine? Ehhh . . .

This week, Colin tells us about legendary nurse Florence Nightingale, while Sierra makes dining tables out of a new kind of wood. You’ll hear about poop chutes, the trickle down effect, and how you can be a feminist and still be a racist!

Subjects Covered

Florence Nightingale • William Nightingale (William Edward Shore) • Frances "Fanny" Smith • Parthenope Nightingale • Mary "Clarkey" Clarke • Women's History • Women's Rights • Richard Moncton Milnes • Ghost Adventures • Lutheran Hospital of Pastor Fliedner in Kaiserwerth, Germany • Sidney Herbert • Crimean War • Constantinople • Istanbul, Turkey • The Angel of Crimea • The Lady with the Lamp • Renkioi Hospital • Royal Commission on the Health of the Army • Nightingale Rose Diagram • St. Thomas's Hospital • Nightingale Fund • "Notes on Nursing" • Linda Richards • Nepotism • Generational Wealth • Misogyny • Poop Chutes • The Nightingale Jewel • Big Time Rush •

Sources

• Britanica - Florence Nightingale
• Wikipedia - Florence Nightingale
• History.com - Florence Nightingale
• National Army Museum - Florence Nightingale: The Lady with the Lamp
• Traces of War - Birth House of Florence Nightingale
• Nashville PublicLibrary - Exterior of Villa La Colombaia
• Frances Parthenope Verney
• Wikipedia - History of Naples
• Florence Nightingale Museum: Florence the Woman
• Wikipedia - Richard Moncton Milnes
• Wikipedia - Crimean War
• Wikipedia - Renkioi Hospital
• University of Wyoming - Currency Converter
• Nursing Clio - Florence Nightingale's Racism