Shelli R. Johannes, SHE PERSISTED: Florence Nightingale
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Zibby speaks to critically acclaimed author and repeat MDHTTRB guest Shelli R. Johannes-Wells about She Persisted: Florence Nightingale, an inspiring chapter book biography about the woman who revolutionized modern nursing, with a foreword by Chelsea Clinton! Shelli shares Florence Nightingale’s story – from abandoning high society and refusing to marry to treating soldiers on the frontlines and transforming the health-care system. She also talks about her career as a picture book writer and reveals the projects she is working on next!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
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| 1:03.2 | Shelley R. Johannes is the co-author of nine books in the Cece Loves Science Series. She also |
| 1:09.6 | wrote the Theo Thesaurus series, Shine Like a Unicorn, and Penny. |
| 1:13.8 | Her newest chapter book is Florence Nightingale, part of Chelsea Clinton's She Persisted series. |
| 1:18.7 | She's also the critically acclaimed author of five teen novels, including The Nature of Grace series, |
| 1:23.4 | Rewired and On the Bright Side. Shelly lives in Atlanta with her own pack of animals, |
| 1:44.7 | a British husband, two kids, one bird, one fish, and two crazy golden doodles who hate vegetables. Welcome, Shelley. Thanks for coming back on moms. Don't have time to read books. This time to discuss Chelsea Clinton's She Persisted Florence Nightingale. Discussed. Yes. It's good to be back. Thank you for having me again. |
| 1:49.7 | Of course. So explain. How is Chelsea Clinton involved? How are you involved? And how is Florence Nightingale involved? Yes. So Chelsea Clinton's series is all about women being empowered |
| 1:55.1 | and how they got to where they were as far as heroes from a perspective of persistence. |
| 2:02.3 | And that could be current people or people from the past. So that is her whole theme of that series. And they wanted |
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