Female Pioneers of Medicine and Health
Female Pioneers of Medicine and
Health
By Emma noon 9PA and Noa Kusman 9GB
Florence Nightingale
∗ Florence was born in Italy on 12th May named after the Italian city. She then moved to England with her family.
∗ In Victorian Britain, poor women worked in factories or as servants ∗ Rich women like Florence were expected to marry and look after the home, maybe do charity work
∗ Florence was very religious. From the age of 16 she believed
God wanted her to do important work. When she was 22, a young writer asked her to marry him. After seven years making up her mind, Florence said no.
Dreams of Nursing
∗ Florence was rich and could do anything she wanted. However she chose to be a nurse
∗ Her parents said no as they knew that hospitals were dirty and horrible and a place where many people died
∗ Doctors did operations with no anaesthetic
∗ Her parents did not want her to be nurse as nurses were not respectable or trained
∗ Florence's parents sent her away to Italy to forget about nursing Becoming a Nurse
∗ There she met Sidney Herbert and he told her that the rich should help the poor so she was now determined to become a nurse ∗ Florence went to Germany in 1851 to a Christian nursing school for women
∗ She trained for three months and loved it
∗ In 1853 a rich friend asked Florence to run a London hospital for 'Invalid Gentlewomen'.
∗ There was no pay, but Mr Nightingale gave her money
∗ She made lots of useful changes in the hospital.
∗ At home, when her father and sister became ill, Florence nursed them.
The Crimea War
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1854, the Crimean war broke out.
Britain, France and Turkey went to war against Russia
The Crimea was part of Russia so Britain went to the war in ships
People back home in England read about the war in the newspaper
The reporter, Howard Russell, for the times wrote about the hunger and cold and that there was no proper medical care
∗ These conditions became worse after every battle, army hospitals were filled with the wounded
Health
By Emma noon 9PA and Noa Kusman 9GB
Florence Nightingale
∗ Florence was born in Italy on 12th May named after the Italian city. She then moved to England with her family.
∗ In Victorian Britain, poor women worked in factories or as servants ∗ Rich women like Florence were expected to marry and look after the home, maybe do charity work
∗ Florence was very religious. From the age of 16 she believed
God wanted her to do important work. When she was 22, a young writer asked her to marry him. After seven years making up her mind, Florence said no.
Dreams of Nursing
∗ Florence was rich and could do anything she wanted. However she chose to be a nurse
∗ Her parents said no as they knew that hospitals were dirty and horrible and a place where many people died
∗ Doctors did operations with no anaesthetic
∗ Her parents did not want her to be nurse as nurses were not respectable or trained
∗ Florence's parents sent her away to Italy to forget about nursing Becoming a Nurse
∗ There she met Sidney Herbert and he told her that the rich should help the poor so she was now determined to become a nurse ∗ Florence went to Germany in 1851 to a Christian nursing school for women
∗ She trained for three months and loved it
∗ In 1853 a rich friend asked Florence to run a London hospital for 'Invalid Gentlewomen'.
∗ There was no pay, but Mr Nightingale gave her money
∗ She made lots of useful changes in the hospital.
∗ At home, when her father and sister became ill, Florence nursed them.
The Crimea War
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1854, the Crimean war broke out.
Britain, France and Turkey went to war against Russia
The Crimea was part of Russia so Britain went to the war in ships
People back home in England read about the war in the newspaper
The reporter, Howard Russell, for the times wrote about the hunger and cold and that there was no proper medical care
∗ These conditions became worse after every battle, army hospitals were filled with the wounded