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She told her parents that she wanted to be a nurse. She refused to be a subordinate to a husband she was bored with the trivial lives that upper class women led she had her destiny to fulfill. She wanted a higher calling she wanted to work to use her intellect, her skills, her moral passion and to make a difference in the world. Above all, young ladies were to prepare for making a “good” marriage with a man of high class and status.īut Florence was different.

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