{"id":1317,"date":"2018-03-27T17:47:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T16:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1317"},"modified":"2018-03-28T15:05:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T14:05:14","slug":"this-remarkable-woman-lytton-stracheys-florence-nightingale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1317","title":{"rendered":"This remarkable woman: Lytton Strachey\u2019s Florence Nightingale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creina Mansfield and Frank Vigon<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Please note that places on this course are limited, early booking is advisable to avoid disappointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/220px-Florence_Nightingale_H_Hering_NPG_x82368.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1321\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/220px-Florence_Nightingale_H_Hering_NPG_x82368.jpg?resize=216%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/220px-Florence_Nightingale_H_Hering_NPG_x82368.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/220px-Florence_Nightingale_H_Hering_NPG_x82368.jpg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Carrington_-_Strachey.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Carrington_-_Strachey.jpg?resize=357%2C297&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Florence_nightingale_at_st_thomas.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1319\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Florence_nightingale_at_st_thomas.jpg?resize=300%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Florence_nightingale_at_st_thomas.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Florence_nightingale_at_st_thomas.jpg?resize=416%2C279&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Florence_nightingale_at_st_thomas.jpg?w=516&amp;ssl=1 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/115118-004-DC4A3F8A.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1318\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/115118-004-DC4A3F8A.jpg?resize=300%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/115118-004-DC4A3F8A.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/115118-004-DC4A3F8A.jpg?resize=416%2C275&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/115118-004-DC4A3F8A.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florence Nightingale was a national heroine when Lytton Strachey decided to make her one of his subjects in his ground-breaking \u2018Eminent Victorians.\u2019 The portrait that emerged was of a much more complex human being than the saintly \u2018lady with the lamp\u2019. Through words and images we shall describe her work during the Crimean War and ask the question: is Strachey\u2019s depiction of Nightingale accurate and fair?<\/p>\n<p><b>Dayschool<\/b>:\u00a0<span class=\"__postbox-detected-content __postbox-detected-date\">Tuesday, \u00a022nd May 2018\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Time<\/b>: 10.30am\u2013 4.30pm<\/p>\n<p><b>Venue<\/b>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Cross Street Chapel<br \/>\n<\/a>Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Concessions<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Minimum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Maximum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a340<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with cheque payment to<br \/>\nCreina Mansfield, Beech Court, Beech Hall Drive, Macclesfield, SK10 2EF.\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:creina.m@hotmail.com\" data-slimstat=\"5\">creina.m@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creina Mansfield and Frank Vigon Please note that places on this course are limited, early booking is advisable to avoid disappointment. Florence Nightingale was a national heroine when Lytton Strachey decided to make her one of his subjects in his ground-breaking \u2018Eminent Victorians.\u2019 The portrait that emerged was of a much more complex human being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1416,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317\/revisions\/1416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}