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Florence Nightingale (/ ˈ n aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ l /; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. [4]
An original letter by Florence Nightingale in which she writes of her poor health following her return from the Crimean War has gone on display for the first time.
[10] [11] [9] [12] Particular critical attention was given to her portrayal of Florence Nightingale in the company's 1973 revival of Edward Bond's controversial play Early Morning in which the company restored previously legally banned lesbian love scenes between Nightingale and Queen Victoria; the latter part played by Elizabeth Power. [13]
Florence Nightingale Medal Colonel Ruby Bradley (December 19, 1907 – May 28, 2002) was a United States Army Nurse Corps officer, a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II , and one of the most decorated women in the United States military. [ 1 ]
The director of the Florence Nightingale Museum has said fighting to reopen after the pandemic has been an “emotional roller-coaster”. The London museum celebrating the most famous figure in ...
One of Tooley's best-known works was her Life of Florence Nightingale (1904). English journalist and biographer Sarah Anne Tooley (née Southall; 1856–1946) was an English journalist and biographer particularly known for her celebrity interviews.
The School was badly run at the time, a fact which Florence Nightingale only later realised. The training in surgical nursing was particularly poor. When Lucy Osburn was one month into her training, the Matron of St Thomas', Sarah Wardroper, selected her to lead a team of nurses to found the Nightingale system of nursing in Australia.
Christina Novak’s four-sentence obit for her mom, Florence “Flo” Harrelson, was published in the Kennebec Journal on Aug. 30. The succinct write-up stated that the 65-year-old died ...