Florence Nightingale

Overview

Florence Nightingale born Florence, Tuscany May 12, 1820 (d. 1910). Organized first wartime nursing in Crimean War 1854.

Quotations

"What the horrors of war are no one can imagine." (May 1855 letter in Woodham-Smith, Florence Nightingale, p. 238, 1983; photo Wikipedia)