How did florence nightingale become famous?

Answer 1

She became famous when she was a nurse.

She was famous during her lifetime (1820-1910) and beyond.

In 1883, Nightingale was awarded the Royal Red Cross by Queen Victoria.

In 1907, she became the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit. In 1908, she was given the Honourary Freedom of the City of London.

Answer 2

Florence Nightingale became famous for her pioneering work as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she improved sanitation and medical care for wounded soldiers. She later established nursing as a respected profession and laid the foundation for modern nursing practices. Nightingale's writings and advocacy for healthcare reform further solidified her legacy as a pioneer in the field of nursing.

Answer 3

She became famous because, she saved thousands and thousands of lives during the crimean war! the hospitals back then were in a disgusting manner, blood, poo, rotting limbs were just lying on the bedsheets and the floor, florence helped all the hospitals by washing the floor and sheets, cleaning up wounds and showing the correct way, heal/help someone in need of assistance! During the war she was later known as the lady with the lamp, because as there was no electricity, and it was always dark in the hospitals so, she would carry around a candle, where ever she went! she was a real hero!

Answer 4

Florence Nightingale was a nurse during the Crimean war and publicly fought for cleaner and better built hospitals with highly trained nursing staff (as previously anybody could perform surgery or nurse the sick), she introduced exercise and fresh air as a means of recovery and she also invented the pie chart!!

Answer 5

She nursed the sick and wounded in the British Army during the Crimean War.