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Florence would very often accompany her mother on these visits. The more she went to visit the wounded and the sick the more her desire grew to become a nurse. When Florence was about 17 years old she claimed that she had a “calling” from God. She said, “God spoke to me and called me to His service...
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She said, “God spoke to me and called me to His service.” (Baly, 1995) She was not clear as to what the calling was but she decided that it was to help the sick and the poor by becoming a nurse. Over the years her mother Frances was primarily concerned with finding her daughter a good husband...
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