Rosalind Frances Nash, née Shore-Smith (December 1862–17 October 1952) was a journalist and

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, and the niece and confidante of

Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English Reform movement, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during t ...

. She assisted in some of Nightingale's publications, and wrote on her behalf to

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, when Pearson was writing his

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. Rosalind Shore-Smith was the elder daughter of Florence Nightingale's cousin William Shore Smith (afterwards Shore Nightingale), whom Florence Nightingale "regarded almost as a brother".

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(nee Margaret Thyra Barbara Shore-Smith), Rosalind's sister, married Sir Harry Lushington Stephen. Rosalind married the progressive economist

Vaughan Nash Vaughan Robinson Nash (1861 – 16 December 1932) was a British journalist, economist and the husband of Rosalind Nash.Lynn McDonald, ed., ''Florence Nightingale on women, medicine, midwifery and prostitution'', Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 2 ...

in 1893; they lived at Loughton.Lynn McDonald, ed., ''Florence Nightingale on women, medicine, midwifery and prostitution'', Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 2005, p.944 After Florence Nightingale's death, Vaughan Nash played an important role in collating and copying her correspondence. Rosalind is buried with her husband in Wellow graveyard.

Works

*''The accidents compensation act 1897'', 1897 *''Life and death in the potteries'', 1898 *''A Sketch of the Life of Florence Nightingale'' * *(ed. with preface),

's ''To Her Nurses. A Selection from her addresses to probationers and nurses of the Nightingale School at St.Thomas's Hospital. '' London,Macmillan,1914 *(ed. with Sir Edward Tyas Cook, ''The Life of Florence Nightingale'', Macmillan and Co, London, 1925. (An abridged version of Cook's 2-volume ''The Life of Florence Nightingale'', Macmillan and Co, London, 1913) *''Florence Nightingale according to Mr. Strachey'', 1928

References

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