Women who have changed the

world
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 Florence Nightingale
 Florence Nightingale: Early Life
 Florence Nightingale and Nursing
 Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War
 Florence Nightingale, Statistician
 Florence Nightingale’s Impact on Nursing
 Florence Nightingale: Death and Legacy
Florence Nightingale

 Florence Nightingale,
known as the "Lady with the
Lamp", was a British nurse,
social reformer and
statistician, best known as
the founder of modern
nursing. Her experiences as
a nurse during the Crimean
War were fundamental to
her views on sanitation.
Florence Nightingale: Early Life

 From a very young age,

Florence Nightingale was
active in philanthropy,
serving the sick and poor in
the village near her family's
estate. In the Victorian era,
she was expected to marry a
wealthy man, not a job that
was seen as easy work by
the upper social classes.
Florence Nightingale and Nursing

 In the early 1850's,

Nightingale returned to
London, where she took a
job as a nurse. Her
performance there
impressed her employer so
much that Nightingale was
promoted to superintendent
just one year after being
hired. Hard work has
affected his health.
Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War
 Based on her observations in the Crimea, Nightingale wrote
Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital
Administration of the British Army, an 830-page report
analyzing her experience and proposing reforms for other
military hospitals operating under poor conditions.
Florence Nightingale, Statistician
 With Queen Victoria's support, Nightingale helped create
a royal army health commission, and what they found was
awful: most deaths were caused by preventable diseases,
not fighting. Its diagram of the polar zone,
now known as the "Diagram of Nightingale Roses."
Florence Nightingale, Statistician
 It has lowered the mortality rate and made
complicated data accessible to all. She became the
first female member of the Royal Statistical Society
and was named an honorary member of the American
Statistical Association.
Florence Nightingale’s Impact on Nursing
 Nightingale decided to use the money to further her cause.
Thanks to Nightingale, nursing was no longer frowned upon by
the upper classes; it had come to be viewed as an honorable
vocation. While at Scutari, Nightingale had contracted
"Crimean fever" and would never fully recover.
 Florence Nightingale: Death and Legacy
 In August 1910, Florence Nightingale fell ill, and a week
later, on the evening of Friday, August 12, 1910, she
developed a series of disturbing symptoms. She died
unexpectedly at 2 p.m. the next day, Saturday, August 13,
1910, at her home in London.