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Florence Nightingale
She was born in Florence, Italy. She just grew an interest in nursing. Her parents were very wealthy and they did not let her train for nursing because they thought nursing is not fit for a woman in her class and background.They wanted her to be like a normal upper class woman who would marry
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Elizabeth Blackwell
First repelled by just the sight of a medical book, when her dying friend told her that they could have been spared her worst suffering had her physician been woman Blackwell turned to medicine. Unsure of how to go about becoming a physician, but sure she could do it Blackwell read medical books and ended up applying to multiple colleges. As a joke she was accepted to Generva medical college in western New York in 1847. Then two years later, Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical -
Elizabeth Garett Anderson
She really wanted accomplish her goals in life so she worked hard and learned different languages and went to far away schools. But first her dream to be a physician began when she met Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female physician in America. She was also tutored under Elizabeth Blackwell in college. Even though medical jobs were not allowing females to join, she went to men's classes and learned. -
Florence Nightingale(1820-1910)
In 1851 after lots of struggles her parents let her and she went to a three month training for nursing. After that she started working at a women's hospital as their superintendent. Then the Crimean war began and there were too many casualties as a result of the lack of medical treatment. So a war official knew nightingale and told her to gather a few other medical
attendants and come to a military hospital in turkey. The rate of casualties decreased gradually as a result of her. -
Paul Ehrlich
Ehrlich was a German physician and scientist who invented the precursor method to Gram staining bacteria, tissue thats makes it possible to distinguish between different types of blood cells, leading to the capablity to diagnose many blood diseases. He also discovered the first effective medical treatment for syphillis, therefore initiating and naming the concept of chemotherapy. In 1908 he recieved a nobel prize for his contributions to immunizations. -
Florence Nightingale(1820-1910)
She went back to England and in 1860 she began a nursing school for nurses in London.The nurses that were trained in her school were sent all over Britain to showcase the nightingale nursing skills and the nightingale idea on nursing.
Notes on nursing was published in 1860 by nightingale which held so much of nightingale's ideas and needs in nursing. These ideas of nightingale are still used today by nurses all around the world. Our industry of nursing has evolved so much because of her. -
Elizabeth Garett Anderson(1836-1917)
It
helped that her father was a successful businessman but still the
opportunity for females in the medical field were limited. Her
struggles to achieving her dream ended when she graduated. She also helped find a medical school for girls. She became in charge for the medical school. The amazing part was that she was the first female physician in Britain in 1870. She also became the first female mayor in England. -
Elizabeth Garett Anderson(1836-1917)
She was basically a great role model for many females as
she showed that there are many options for girls in both the health care or medical field and political career. I bet now there are as many women as men in the health career field and she also made many girls dreams come true with a school for females. In 1873 she was also the first female in the British medical association.
