Florence Nightingale The Lady with the Lamp

Florence Nightingale

• The Lady with the Lamp

Florence Nightingale

• Born in Florence in 1820

• First helped a sick dog with a broken leg

• Loved her dolls

• One day she visited a hospital

• THIS CHANGED HER LIFE

Hospitals in 1830’s

• Often people who went into hospital died

Florence Nightingale

• Parents did not want her to become a nurse

• She studied medicine books herself for years

• She was 30 when her parents let her go to Germany and Paris to study nursing

Crimean War

• Broke out when Florence 34 was years old

• War Russia v Turkey(Britain and France)

• Reports were coming through about terrible conditions in hospitals

Florence leaves London

• No cheering

• No crowds

• “You’ll be back,” her family said

She got to work

• Scrubbed the floors

• Cleaned the wards

• Washed the bedclothes

• Made the men comfortable

They began to get better Sitting up, cheerful and happier!

Letter from Queen Victoria

• Thanking “Miss Nightingale and her ladies” for all their hard work

She was given a diamond brooch with ‘Blessed are the merciful’ engraved on it

• She was given a diamond brooch with ‘Blessed are the merciful’ engraved on it

Florence Nightingale

• died in 1910, age 90

Until recently her picture was on our British £10 note

• Until recently her picture was on our British £10 note

• She was famous all over the world

• She changed hospitals all over the world

• There is a museum in London which celebrates her life and work