Today we made a classroom timeline about Florence Nightingale. We discussed

1820 – Florence Nightingale was born to a wealthy family and she had a very good education. We also discussed how she was born in Florence, Italy!

1851 – Florence Nightingale went to train to be a nurse at a German hospital.

1854 – Florence and her nurses travel to the Crimean War in Turkey. They were shocked by the dirty and crowded hospital. At first the doctors did not want Florence to help. As more and more patients arrived Florence and her nurses were allowed to help. The nurses cared for patients as well as clean the hospital.

1856 – When Florence came home, she continued to work to make hospitals better for patients.

1859 – Florence opened the Nightingale Training School for Nurses in London.

1883 – Florence was awarded the Royal Red Cross.

1910 – Florence Nightingale passed away.