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Birth & Childhood
Florence Nightingale was born. When she was young, Florence Nightingale tried her best to act like a town nurse, healing the ill and sick people. She also tried to avoid other people, because Florence Nightingale was really shy when she was a child. -
Education and Adulthood
Florence Nightingale refused a marriage proposal from a 'suitable' rich man called Richard Monckton Milnes, because she said her 'moral...active nature' called for something beyond a domestic life. -
Education and Adulthood
When the Crimean War broke out, she and a few other nurses came to aid the wounded soldiers. -
Education and Adulthood
By 1854, no fewer than 18,900 soldiers had been admitted into military hospitals. -
Education and Adulthood
In late 1854, she was called to go help the soldiers in a different part of Crimea. She gathered her little troop and they marched to go save the hurt people. -
Accomplishments
After the war, she returned to her hometown where she was greeted as a hero. Queen Victoria had given her a brooch that is now called the 'Nightingale Jewel', and gave her a prize of 250,000 dollars. -
Education and Adulthood
Her research would spark a total restructuring of the War Office's administrative department, including the establishment of a Royal Commission for the Health of the Army in 1857. -
Education and Adulthood
Based on her observations during the Crimea War, Nightingale wrote Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British Army, a massive report published in 1858 analyzing her experience and proposing reforms for other military hospitals. -
Education and Adulthood
Residing in Mayfair, she remained an authority and advocate of health care reform, interviewing politicians and welcoming distinguished visitors from her bed. In 1859, she published Notes on Hospitals, which focused on how to properly run civilian hospitals. -
Education and Adulthood
Florence Nightingale was the first founder of what we call now modern nursing. She often walked around in the dark with lantern, leading to the nicknames 'Lady with the Lamp', and 'The Angel of Crimea'. Nightingale funded the establishment St. Thomas' Hospital, and founded a new training school, 'Nightingale Training School for Nurses'. Wealthy young women were inspired to follow in her footsteps and they quickly joined the school. -
Accomplishments
In 1907, she was conferred the Order of Merit by King Edward, and received the Freedom of the City of London the following year, becoming the first woman to receive the honor. -
Accomplishments
In May of 1910, she received a celebratory message from King George on her 90th birthday. -
Life Today/Death
She fell very ill and died unexpectedly in 1910, in her home in London. Florence Nightingale's last wish was to not have a huge funeral. So, instead of having a national funeral, she had a tiny one right in her home, and her body was buried in her family's plot at St. Margaret's Church, East Wellow, in Hampshire, England.
