Why is Florence Nightingale known as "The Lady with the Lamp?" She is a very respected and well known woman. She helped wounded soldiers in the war, and received many awards for doing so. Florence Nightingale changed the history of nursing by saving one life at a time. Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820, in Florence Itlay (Biography.com). Florence had one older sister (History.com). Her name was Frances Parthenope Verney. As a child Florence was very smart and loved math (Biography). Florence was awkard when it came to being social and around people (Biography.com). Her family on the other hand was not, they belonged to the elite social circles (History.com). Florence loved philantrophy, and helping the sick and poor in
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She is most famous for tending to the injured soldires in the Crimea War (Biography.com) She got her nickname "The Lady of the Lamp" because she checked in on the wouded soldiers at night (Biography). She is also famous for helping invent the pie chart (History.com) She was the first woman to be elected to the Royal Statistical Society (Biography). In 1857, Queen Victoria rewarded Nightingale's work by presenting her with an engraved brooch also known as "Nightingale Jewel" and giving her a prize of $250,000.00 (Biography.com). She decided to use the $250,000.00 reward to fund the establishment of St. Thomas Hospital and the Nightingale Training School for Nurses (Biography.com). She finally formed the hospital in 1860 (History.com) She also inspired the founding of the International Red Cross, which today still gives the Florence Nightingale Medal for the nurses who have given great care to the ill and injured in war or just in general (Biography). On her 90th birthday she received a congratulatory message from King George saying how good of a nurse she was (Biography.com). She also wrote books and notes of how she nursed. She wrote over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on hospital planning and organization, which are still widely read and respected today. Her most famous work notes on nursing are called "What it is and what it is not". Her by far best reward was in 1909. She was the first woman to receive The Freedom of the City of London
She is most famous for tending to the injured soldires in the Crimea War (Biography.com) She got her nickname "The Lady of the Lamp" because she checked in on the wouded soldiers at night (Biography). She is also famous for helping invent the pie chart (History.com) She was the first woman to be elected to the Royal Statistical Society (Biography). In 1857, Queen Victoria rewarded Nightingale's work by presenting her with an engraved brooch also known as "Nightingale Jewel" and giving her a prize of $250,000.00 (Biography.com). She decided to use the $250,000.00 reward to fund the establishment of St. Thomas Hospital and the Nightingale Training School for Nurses (Biography.com). She finally formed the hospital in 1860 (History.com) She also inspired the founding of the International Red Cross, which today still gives the Florence Nightingale Medal for the nurses who have given great care to the ill and injured in war or just in general (Biography). On her 90th birthday she received a congratulatory message from King George saying how good of a nurse she was (Biography.com). She also wrote books and notes of how she nursed. She wrote over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on hospital planning and organization, which are still widely read and respected today. Her most famous work notes on nursing are called "What it is and what it is not". Her by far best reward was in 1909. She was the first woman to receive The Freedom of the City of London