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La guerre n'a pas empêché l'inauguration, le 14 février dernier, d'un monument à la mémoire de Florence Nightingale, placé dans la crypte de Saint-Paul, Il représente l'héroïne de Crimée penchée sur un blessé, et lui tendant une coupe. La statue est en marbre blanc et le cadre, en albâtre, porte l'inscription: « Heureux les miséricordieux » —. « Florence Nightingale, née le 12 mai 1820, morte le 13 août 1910 ».

Florence Cowan discusses the various homesteads, desert claims, and tree claims that her parents took out in Montana, the births of her nine siblings, and her parents' separation. She describes how her mother ran the ranch and desert claim with help from Cowan's older brothers until she sold it and moved into Livingston, Montana. Cowan also talks about working as a school teacher and her social life before she met her husband. She recalls the financial aspects of her marriage and cooking for the threshing crews, as well as the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. Cowan briefly mentions her political leanings and the evolution of women's dress and styles from the early- to mid-20th century. ; https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/1051/thumbnail.jpg

Nous avons signalé, dans notre numéro d'avril, l'inauguration, à Londres, du monument érigé à la mémoire de Florence Nightingale, dans la crypte de St-Paul. Par une bonne fortune nous nous trouvons à même de mettre sous les yeux de nos lecteurs la reproduction de ce monument, laquelle a paru dans le journal anglais The Hospitals. Aux éditeurs de ce journal, The Scientific Press Ld, qui ont eu l'obligeance de nous le prêter, vont tous nos remerciements.

Social Change in India shows the shift of focus that occurred during Florence Nightingale's more than forty years of work on public health in India. While the focus in the preceding volume, Health in India, was top-down reform, notably in the Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army in India, this book documents concrete proposals for self-government, especially at the municipal level, and the encouragement of leading Indian nationals themselves. Famine and related epidemics continue to be issues, demonstrating the need for public works like irrigation and for greater self-help meas.

Richard A. Goldthwaite, a leading economic historian of the Italian Renaissance, has spent his career studying the Florentine economy. In this magisterial work, Goldthwaite brings together a lifetime of research and insight on the subject, clarifying and explaining the complex workings of Florence's commercial, banking, and artisan sectors. Florence was one of the most industrialized cities in medieval Europe, thanks to its thriving textile industries. The importation of raw materials and the exportation of finished cloth necessitated the creation of commercial and banking practices that extended far beyond Florence's boundaries. Part I situates Florence within this wider international context and describes the commercial and banking networks through which the city's merchant-bankers operated. Part II focuses on the urban economy of Florence itself, including various industries, merchants, artisans, and investors. It also evaluates the role of government in the economy, the relationship of the urban economy to the region, and the distribution of wealth throughout the society. While political, social, and cultural histories of Florence abound, none focuses solely on the economic history of the city. The Economy of Renaissance Florence offers both a systematic description of the city's major economic activities and a comprehensive overview of its economic development from the late Middle Ages through the Renaissance to 1600