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Florence Nightingale
Early Life
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When she was a teenager she received a “divine calling” to do God’s work, which led to her advocacy of social and health care causes
She was born on May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy and she was the younger of two children.
Nightingale refused to marry a man of means and turned down many proposals, which was prominent in the Victorian Era, and pursued nursing instead and her family was not pleased.
Her British Family belonged to elite social circles and her mother hailed from a family of merchants. Her father was a wealthy landowner who inherited two estates.
Late Life
In the 1870’s Nightingale mentored Linda Richards, who was America’s first trained nurse
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From 1857 onward, Nightingale was intermittently bedridden from brucellosis and suffered from depression
She died in London on August 13, 1910 at the age of 90.
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Impact on society
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She established nursing education with her book “Notes on Nursing” which outlined the principles of the nursing profession
She opened her first school, The Nightingale School for Nurses, and it offered the first official training program for nurses
She was one of the first people to carry out diligent handwashing (not prominent in the Victorian era)
She served as a nurse in the Crimean War and saved tons of soldier’s lives with her cleanliness and commitment (referred to as the Lady with the Lamp)