1. Florence
Nightingale
By Crissy Sanders

2. The Beginning Florence Nightingale was born on May the 12th 1820.
Frances and Florence
Florence Nightingale was born on May the 12th 1820.
She was named after the city of her birth, Florence in Italy.
She was born into a very wealthy, upper- class family.

3. Nursing Dreams
Young Florence
Florence had loved nursing from a very young age, and it was clear to her that nursing was her calling.
Unfortunately her family objected strongly to her plan.
When she was 24, she convinced her parents to allow her to spend a few months at a training school for nurses.

4. Crimean War In October of 1853, the Crimean War broke out.
The British Empire was at war against the Russian Empire for control of the Ottoman Empire.
By 1854, 18,000 soldiers had been admitted into military hospitals.
At the time, there were no nurses stationed at hospitals in the Crimea.
England was in uproar about the neglect of their ill and injured soldiers, as the hospitals were terribly understaffed.

5. Florence’s Letter
In 1854, Florence received a letter from the Secretary of War, asking her to organize a team of nurses to tend to the sick and fallen soldiers in the Crimea.
She quickly assembled a group of 34 nurses and sailed with them to the Crimea just a few days later.
Florence was disgusted by the horribly unsanitary and infectious atmosphere at the hospital, and immediately got to work.
They managed to decrease the death rate at the hospital by two thirds.

6. The Lady with the Lamp
She was known by the patients in Crimea as the Lady with the Lamp because she never seemed to take a break and worked straight through the night.
She was also known as the Angel of Crimea for all the good she had brought the sick and suffering.

7. Appreciation
She was met with a hero’s welcome when she arrived back in Europe.
The Queen gifted her an engraved brooch and a prize of $250,000 for all her dedication and hard work.
She then used the money to open St Thomas’ Hospital and The Nightingale Training School for Nurses.
She wrote a two books about her journey.
She was a huge role model and many still aspire to be like her.

8. Legacy
Unfortunately for Florence she became very sick and was then bedridden from 38.
But she still continued her good work, and people still came to her for how to best manage hospitals.
In August 1910, she fell ill, but was thought to have recovered. Then unexpectedly she passed away the next week.
There were many books, poems, songs, plays and even a museum created in memory of her tireless efforts to help the sick.

9. Influence
Florence Nightingale was a great leader and an amazing influence on society. She led many women’s rights groups and was one of the first women to go into the field of modern medicine. She worked in a very difficult situation and managed to make it a much better and safer environment. She dedicated her life to helping people, she stood up to do what she thought was right and acted in a way of God.