Birth of Florence Nightingale

Photo of NightingaleFlorence Nightingale was born in map iconFlorence, Italy (click for geospatial location) on 12 May 1829. Nightingale will one day aid soldiers in the Crimean War and reform nursing, statistics, and the War Office. Image: Photograph of Florence Nightingale (1858). This image is in the public domain in the United States as its copyright has expired.

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Lara Kriegel, “On the Death—and Life—of Florence Nightingale, August 1910″

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