Born in a comfortable family, Florence Nightingale was educated by family teachers and then by her own father. As a result, she was1five foreign languages, and had a good knowledge of history and philosophy.
On February 7, 1837, Florence Nightingale heard, by her 2 , the whisper of God telling her that she had a task in life. It took her some years of seeking to 3 that mission. In 1844, 4 her parents' rejection, rather than marry like the majority of the girls, Nightingale chose a(n) 5 path to work in nursing, which was then not quite a respectable job for women.
Nightingale went to Kaiserwerth in Prussia to experience a German 6 program for girls who would serve as nurses. She worked for a short time for a (n) 7 near Paris. Her idea began to be 8. In 1853, she became the unpaid director of London's Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewoman.
When the Crimean War broke out, 9 came back to England about terrible conditions for wounded and sick soldiers. Nightingale 10 to go to Turkey. She took a group of thirty-eight women as nurses to the war front. From 1854-1856, Nightingale headed nursing efforts in Turkey, creating more clean conditions and ordering supplies. She 11won over—at least enough to get cooperation—the military doctors.
Soon, Nightingale 12 more on direction than on actual nursing, but she 13 to visit the wards(病房). Her rule that she be the only woman in the wards at night 14 her the title "The lady with the lamp." The 15 rate at the army hospital fell from 60% at her arrival to 2% six month later.
