Florence Nightingale

<p><strong>Florence Nightingale first came to prominence during the Crimean War in the middle of the 19th century when she helped organize efforts to treat wounded soldiers and the image of her doing rounds among those she treated at night became extremely popular in Europe but her efforts extended far beyond the scope of battle. In time she came to found the first secular nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London and with that she began to transform nursing into an actual profession. Perhaps not surprisingly in conjunction with nursing Nightingale was a social reformer who advocated for the advancement of women in all areas of life from healthcare to poverty and she bolstered her work with voluminous writings on behalf of her causes.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Inside you will read about...</strong></p><ul><li>Nursing Dolls and Dogs</li><li>Leading a Double Life</li><li>Travel and Depression</li><li>Heading to the Crimean War</li><li>More than the Lady with the Lamp</li><li>Final Years and Death</li><li>And much more!</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>If we believe that nurses are some of the most respectable and hardworking people in our community we owe that belief to Florence Nightingale. But she never took the credit. As an old woman of seventy-seven she deflected all her accomplishments onto God with the words.</strong></p>