A BIOGRAPHY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
1820-1910
BY:JAMIRA
BACKGROUNDBorn in Florence, Italy
Very rich
She was a nurse
Her mom was British
Traveled a lot
Lived in London
1829She began writing her life story in French.
Florence had been sick at the time she was writing her life story in French.
1853
She became a superintendent of a charity hospital in London.
She wanted to help keep people healthy and active.
1854She led thirty-eight nurses to serve in the Crimean War.
Florence was very happy when she found out she could go to the Crimean War because she always wanted to help more than just the people in her town.
1860
She opened the Nightingale Training school for nurses.
Florence was never going
to give up, ever.
1870
Florence helped start the first British Red Cross.
Florence was very old at the time.
CHARACTER TRAITS She was a very generous nurse because
she like to help people
She was a very respectful and responsible nurse because she treated the patients with respect.
Florence was very caring because she helped many of the hurt soldiers.
QUOTE
“Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as
big as Europe.”
By: Florence Nightingale
This means that from what she has seen, women are not always likely to feel bad for you.
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