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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
Driven by her faith and convictions from a young age, Nightingale desired to become a nurse, against her parents' wishes, who felt the work was beneath their upper-class station | Driven by her faith and convictions from a young age, Nightingale desired to become a nurse since she was a little girl. Claiming she felt called by God, she trained herself in nursing, against her parents' wishes, who felt the work was beneath their upper-class station. | ||
In 1854, Britain entered the Crimean War; Nightingale, along with 38 volunteer nurses and 15 nuns that she personally selected, was sent to the front lines to tend to the injured soldiers. Disciplined and organized in administering care, Nightingale recognized that nurses needed to be trained better at home before they were sent into battle. | In 1854, Britain entered the Crimean War; Nightingale, along with 38 volunteer nurses and 15 nuns that she personally selected, was sent to the front lines to tend to the injured soldiers. Disciplined and organized in administering care, Nightingale recognized that nurses needed to be trained better at home before they were sent into battle. | ||
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Although the asylum was due to close down, Nightingale continued to serve those that had falled illen as best she could. This led her to meet the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Evie Frye]], whose young friend [[Clara O'Dea]] was in a bad way due to the lack of effective tonics. Nightingale subsequently asked Evie to recover the necessary supplies and medication so she could create a cure. | Although the asylum was due to close down, Nightingale continued to serve those that had falled illen as best she could. This led her to meet the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Evie Frye]], whose young friend [[Clara O'Dea]] was in a bad way due to the lack of effective tonics. Nightingale subsequently asked Evie to recover the necessary supplies and medication so she could create a cure. | ||
After Evie had | After Evie had delivered the stolen supplies to her, Nightingale began distributing authentic medicine. She also received some funds from the Assassin for her efforts in creating better sanitation regulations. | ||
===Later life=== | ===Later life=== | ||
Revision as of 10:40, 1 November 2015
- "It takes a long time to change things. But I'm not going anywhere, Miss Frye."
- ―Florence Nightingale to Evie Frye, 1868.[src]
Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) was an English social reformer and statistician, as well as the founder of modern nursing.
She rose to prominence as "The Lady with the Lamp" for walking the battlefields of the Crimean War and tending to wounded soldiers by lamplight. Upon her return to England, Nightingale introduced numerous social reforms to improve healthcare, with her work transforming nursing into an honorable and even popular vocation.
Biography
Early life
Driven by her faith and convictions from a young age, Nightingale desired to become a nurse since she was a little girl. Claiming she felt called by God, she trained herself in nursing, against her parents' wishes, who felt the work was beneath their upper-class station.
In 1854, Britain entered the Crimean War; Nightingale, along with 38 volunteer nurses and 15 nuns that she personally selected, was sent to the front lines to tend to the injured soldiers. Disciplined and organized in administering care, Nightingale recognized that nurses needed to be trained better at home before they were sent into battle.
She returned to England in 1855 and established the Nightingale Fund, a program aimed at training nurses while the war raged on. In 1859, Nightingale published Notes on Nursing, a book that would serve as the cornerstone of the curriculum at the Nightingale Training School in St. Thomas's Hospital, which she founded the following year.
At Lambeth Asylum
- "Ever since Elliotson was murdered, the district has been overrun with counterfeit tonics [...] I need supplies, plenty of them. And medicine. Some of the less common ingredients are being stolen and sold at auction."
- ―Nightingale on the consequences of Elliotson's death, 1868.[src]
In 1868, Nightingale was stationed at Lambeth Asylum. Following the assassination of Dr. John Elliotson, who had been producing Starrick's Soothing Syrup, the borough was left without its patent medicine of choice. In the Syrup's absence, the townsfolk turned to defective and fraudulent tonics and medicine.
Although the asylum was due to close down, Nightingale continued to serve those that had falled illen as best she could. This led her to meet the Assassin Evie Frye, whose young friend Clara O'Dea was in a bad way due to the lack of effective tonics. Nightingale subsequently asked Evie to recover the necessary supplies and medication so she could create a cure.
After Evie had delivered the stolen supplies to her, Nightingale began distributing authentic medicine. She also received some funds from the Assassin for her efforts in creating better sanitation regulations.
Later life
The rest of her life was dedicated to championing women's rights, as well as better sanitation in London and India. However, despite fighting for women's inclusion in the workforce, Nightingale argued against the idea of women becoming physicians or being able to vote. She died peacefully in her sleep on 13 August 1910 at the age of 90.
Trivia
- Nightingale was one of the first people to have her voice recorded and preserved.
Gallery
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Concept art of Nightingale
Reference