Until the 17th century, this first name of nurse Nightingale was used for both men & women
In the nineteenth century, one woman, because of her religious... [DOC] [TLE] A History of nursing - University of Glasgow [PAR] Until the mid-nineteenth century, nursing was not an activity, which was ... As 
Florence Nightingale was to put it, nursing was left to 'those who were too old, ...