Florence Nightingale

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Florence Nightingale
The Lady with the lamp
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Florence was born in 1820.
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Florence was born in Italy in Florence.
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Florence had a pet owl called Athena.
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Her family were rich and she got taught at home
by her father.

• Her favourite lesson was Maths.

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Florence trained to be a nurse in London.
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Florence went to help in the Crimean war in 1854
in Scutari.
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The wounded soldiers had to go to hospitals
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The hospitals were dirty and full of rats.
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There were wounded soldiers lying on the floor of
the hospital.There were no beds for them.
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Some of them were very wounded soldiers caught
infections from the hospital germs.
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One of the drummer boys got their leg bombed so
he had to have his leg amputated.
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Florence made a fewchanges to the hospital.
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Florence complained to the Prime Minister about
the hospital conditions and wrote a letter asking
for help to change the hospital.
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She made sure that the hospitals had clean beds
and sheets.
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The war ended in 1856
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Queen Victoria gave her a brooch to honour her
bravery!
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Florence came back to england in 1856
Florence came back to England in August 1856
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When she got back in 1860, she set up St Thomass
hospital to train other nurses.
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Florence died in 1910 in London
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Written by Luke and Annabelle