title: Florence Nightingale, Saintly Rebel.
abstract: Gillian Gill's biography reveals the woman behind the legend.
authors.affiliation: Theresa Brown is a hospice nurse and a frequent contributor to the New York Times. Contact author: theresabrownrn@gmail.com. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D047849:Crimean War; D005260:Female; D006676:History of Nursing; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans