Florence%20Nightingale

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Florence Nightingale
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Florence Nightingale was born on 12 May 1820.
She was named after the city in which she was
born. She had rich parents.
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Florence wanted to be a nurse. Her parents said
No but she trained to be a nurse anyway.
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A war began in Crimea in 1853. Florence saw
pictures of soldiers wounded and she wanted to
help.
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Florence was disappointed when she saw how dirty
the hospitals in Crimea were. Nurses did not
care.
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Florence and her nurses cleaned up the hospitals
and looked after the wounded soldiers properly.
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Florence became known as the lady with the
lamp. She walked around the hospital carrying
her lamp.
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When she returned to England Florence was famous.
She set up her own hospitals and trained nurses.
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Florences nurses were the first to wear proper
uniforms. They kept the hospitals clean and tidy.
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Florence never wanted to be famous. Florence
died at home on August 13 1910. She was 90 years
old.
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Florence is remembered in museums worldwide for
making hospitals clean and encouraging nurses to
care.