lady with the lamp

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She held Florence Nightingale very close to her chest, as if the lady with the lamp could protect her from whatever it was that her mother was getting ready to say.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

I need not say that no one has ever again heard the wailings, nor seen the lady with the lamp.

From Chantry House by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

"The lady with the lamp," Florence Nightingale, who pioneered in trained nursing has had many a follower in this as in other countries.

From The Family and it's Members by Spencer, Anna Garlin

Because she often walked through the rooms at night, alone, and carrying a little lamp in her hand, to see that everything was all right, she was called "the lady with the lamp."

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History by Ontario. Ministry of Education

But "the lady with the lamp" soon brought about a revolution; and the soldiers knew to their joy what it was to have proper nursing.

From Beneath the Banner by Cross, F. J.