Author: Durham High School for Girls

Florence Nightingale was born in 1820.
She wanted to become a nurse but her parents wouldn’t let her.
She disobeyed her parents and trained to be a nurse.
Florence went to help soldiers who were hurt in the Crimean war.

Florence was based at a hospital in Scutari.
The hospital was untidy, dirty and smelly.
Florence helped to make the hospital clean and tidy. She also helped the sick men get better.

The soldiers thought Florence was a great lady.

Florence had a pet owl called Athena.