WOMEN IN HISTORY - FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Founder of the modern Nursing Profession and inspiration for the Red Cross
DATE OF BIRTH
May 12, 1820
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PLACE OF BIRTH
Florence Italy
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DATE OF DEATH
August 13, 1910
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PLACE OF DEATH
London, England
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FAMILY BACKGROUND
Florence was born into aristocracy. Her grandfather was a member of parliament. As such she was well placed in English society.
EDUCATION
Florence and her sister Parthenope were well educated in Languages, Mathematics, History and Philosophy. Florence was particularly adept at mathematics. However, as she pointed out, once educated, she was taught to do nothing with what she had been taught. She was, in brief, a Victorian woman.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Florence chaffed at the enforced inactivity of the women of her class. She managed to get some training in nursing, so that when the Crimean war began, she was prepared. However, it took a direct request from the British Government to persuade her father to let her go.
Once in the Crimea, her work laid the foundation of modern nursing. Following the war, she established the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and published “Notes on Nursing” which sold 15,000 copies in one month in 1859.
She became the first female member of the Statistical Society of London.
Florence Nightingale is the best documented Victorian woman after Queen Victoria herself. The British Library has almost 200 bound volumes of her papers.
Once in the Crimea, her work laid the foundation of modern nursing. Following the war, she established the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and published “Notes on Nursing” which sold 15,000 copies in one month in 1859.
She became the first female member of the Statistical Society of London.
Florence Nightingale is the best documented Victorian woman after Queen Victoria herself. The British Library has almost 200 bound volumes of her papers.
QUOTE
“The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.” ~ Florence Nightingale
“Is man’s time more valuable than woman’s? Or is the difference that woman has confessedly nothing to do?" ~ Florence Nightingale
“Is man’s time more valuable than woman’s? Or is the difference that woman has confessedly nothing to do?" ~ Florence Nightingale
CITATION
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