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'''Florence Nightingale''' was a pioneering [[nurse]] during the [[Crimean War]] who was so nice to all the soldiers she treated that an award was named after her. She was called "Nightingale" because she flitted from bed to bedside like a little bird, and also because it was her surname. | '''Florence Nightingale''' was a pioneering [[nurse]] during the [[Crimean War]] who was so nice to all the soldiers she treated that an award was named after her. She was called "Nightingale" because she flitted from bed to bedside like a little bird, and also because it was her surname. | ||
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[[Category:Women|Nightingale, Florence]] | [[Category:Women|Nightingale, Florence]] | ||
Revision as of 13:52, May 7, 2007
Florence Nightingale was a pioneering nurse during the Crimean War who was so nice to all the soldiers she treated that an award was named after her. She was called "Nightingale" because she flitted from bed to bedside like a little bird, and also because it was her surname.
She was popularly known as "The Lady with the Lamp", and was a pioneer of modern nursing and statistics.