Florence Nightingale
Homeschool History
Florence Nightingale: A Brilliant Boffin
Florence Nightingale spent most of her life confined to her bed. She was a brilliant mathematician and wrote huge reports on the Crimean War. In 1860, she opened the Nightingale School of Nursing in London. It stayed open for 100 years before becoming part of King's College London. Florence also worked to improve the really nasty workhouse infirmaries. Even though she was poorly for more than 50 years, she lived until 90 year old - long enough to record her voice on Thomas Edison's newly invented sound recording device.
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