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1. Florence
   Nightingale
   *Nurse or mathematician?
   
2. Miscellaneous Thoughts
   
   1. Life History
      *Born on May 12, 1820
      Florence, Italy
      *Raised in a wealthy family in Derbyshire, England
      *Felt called by God to serve Him on February 7, 1837
      *Yearly allowance from her father is 500 pounds ($40-50,000 by today's standards)
      *Never marries; marriage would destroy the chance of her serving God's call
      *Died in London on August 13, 1910
      
   2. Education
      *Home schooled by her father.
      *Trained in nursing at the Institute of Saint Vincent de Paul in Alexandria, Egypt.
      *Studied at the Institute for Protestant Deconesses at Kaiserswerth, Germany.
      
   3. Honors
      *Became first woman to receive the British Order of Merit
      *Crimean Monument in Waterloo Place, London, was erected in her honor
      *King Edward VII bestows the Order of Merit; it is the first time that the Order is given to a woman
      
   4. Nursing Contributions
      *From 1853-1854 worked as superintendent of An Establishment for Gentlewomen During Illness
      *In 1854 assembled party of 38 nurses to serve in Crimean War
      *Founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses at Saint Thomas's Hospital in London in 1860
      *Wrote Notes on Nursing, the first textbook for nurses
      *Founded The Nightingale Training School for nurses
      
   5. Mathematical Contribution
      *Published statistical graph in 1859 which showed the loss of the British army in the Crimean war
      *Used date to persuade the Government to improve army hygiene
      *Created spectacular graphics designed to show how improvements in hygience could save many lives
      *First to create a line chart which showed death rates of soldiers in peacetime
      
   6. Quotes
      "To be a good nurse one must be a good woman, or one is truly nothing but a tinkling bell"
      "...Till a married woman can be in possession of her own property there can be no love or justice."
      "You can arrest in some degree the course of the knave, but with the fool you don't know where you will find him next."
      "Never allow a patient to be waked, intentionally, is the sine qua non of all good nursing."

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