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| − | '''Florence Nightingale''' was a [[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. | + | '''Florence Nightingale''' was a [[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. |
[[Category:Biographies]] | [[Category:Biographies]] | ||
Revision as of 04:16, March 13, 2007
Florence Nightingale was a 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.