-
Florence was born in Florence in Italy. She gets her name from the city she was born in,
-
-
Florence felt that God was telling her to help the sick and unhealthy people in hospitals. This is when she decided she wanted to become a nurse and she wrote about it in her diary.
-
In 1953 the Crimean War started. Lots of soldiers were being wounded and they were suffereing in terrible conditions.
-
Florence travels on a boat to Crimea with 38 other nurses. The journey took two weeks.
-
The soldiers thought that Florence Nightingale was a great lady. Florence became known as the lady with the lamp because she walked around the wards with a lantern.
-
In 1856 the Crimean War ended. Florence returned to England where she became famous for the good work she had done.
-
Florence set up a training school for nurses which still exsists today.
-
Florence was awarded an order of merit for all the good work she did throughout her life.
-
in 1910 Florence died at the age of 90.
