Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale
Founder of Modern Nursing
1820-1910
(illustration from Widgit.com)

She lived an unconventional life,
unmarried, educated, strong in her
beliefs and often critical of women
who complained that work,
compared to men, was so much less
available for women when she saw
the need for nurses every day. Convinced
that cleanliness would save more lives,
she built the case with data and affected
health care not just in her homeland
but around the world. The lady with the
lamp devoted everything she had to
making this a better place, and nurses
everywhere who pledge themselves
according to the words she wrote,
pay homage to her memory.



(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014