Florence Nightingale

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Florence Nightingale
What work might this person be doing?
How can we tell that this person lived a very
long time ago?
What sort of person do you think she is?
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Florence Nightingale

• Born in Florence, Italy
• 12 May 1820
• A wealthy family

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Florence Nightingale

• Returned to England in 1821
• Taught at home with her older sister
• Florence was a very clever child

One of Florence Nightingales childhood homes
Lea Hurst, Derbyshire The Nightingales spent part
of the year here and part of the year in Hampshire
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Florence Nightingale

• In 1837, when she was 17, she felt a calling to
  help people
• She visited sick people at their homes
• Her parents wanted her to get married
• She had other ideas and travelled in Europe
  looking at hospitals

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Florence Nightingale

• In 1854 the Crimean War broke out England was
  at war with Russia
• People in England heard that soldiers in
  hospitals were poorly treated
• Florence was invited to take a group of 38 female
  nurses to work in hospitals in the Crimea

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Florence Nightingale

• The war finished in 1856 and Florence returned to
  England
• She wanted to improve hospitals in this country
• Conditions in hospitals began to improve

1883 Royal Red Cross
1907 Order of Merit
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Florence Nightingale

• Florence died of old age in 1910
• She was buried near her parents home in
  Hampshire

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Mary Seacole was born in Kingston in Jamaica in
1805. Her mother was Jamaican and her father was
a Scottish soldier.
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At the age of 12, Mary was helping her mother to
nurse sick people.
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Mary opened a hotel in Jamaica. She cared for ill
soldiers and their families.
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The Crimean War began in 1854 and Mary wanted to
help the wounded soldiers. She travelled to
England, but no one accepted her offer to nurse
ill soldiers. Mary was determined to go to the
Crimea and paid her own fare there
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Mary was given medals by Britain, Turkey and
France for her bravery in the war.
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Mary died in 1881 aged 76. She is buried in
London in England.
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So . . . Whats the point?
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Talents
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I sing a song of the saints of God, Patient and
brave and true, Who toiled and fought and lived
and died For the Lord they loved and knew. And
one was a doctor, and one was a queen, And one
was a shepherdess on the green They were all of
them saints of God and I mean, God helping, to
be one too.
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They loved their God so good and dear, And His
love made them strong And they followed the
right, for Jesus sake, The whole of their good
lives long. And one was a soldier, and one was a
priest, And one was slain by a fierce wild
beast And theres not any reason, no, not in the
least, Why I shouldnt be one too.
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They lived not only in ages past There are
hundreds of thousands still The world is bright
with the joyous saints Who love to do Jesus
will. You can meet them in school, or in lanes,
or at sea, In church, or in trains, or in shops,
or at tea, For the saints of God began just like
me, And I mean to be one too.
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Prayer
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