Nineteenth century

Florence Nightingale

1820–1910

Reformer with a lamp and a chart

She is remembered for the Crimea and was more dangerous as a statistician. Cassandra, written earlier, asks why women are given passion and intellect and then no work worthy of either. She did not publish it in her lifetime.

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Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity — these three — and a place in society where no one of the three can be exercised?Cassandra

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