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Florence Nightingale

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Noun1.Florence Nightingale - English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)Florence Nightingale - English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)


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New Zealand Red Cross aid worker Joyce Hood has recently been awarded the Florence Nightingale medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Florence Nightingale has attracted both attention and dispute ever since she decided to become a nurse and then to go to the Crimea.
Florence Nightingale was an advocate of sanitary conditions in hospitals and led pioneering work during the Victorian era after her stint in the Crimea.
 
 
 
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