Florence Nightingale

By Susan Bivin Aller

Book Overview

True or False? Florence Nightingale was the first woman nurse. False! Women had worked as nurses for years, but it was considered a miserable job. Few nurses in England had any medical training. Florence helped make nursing a respectable profession for women. She was in charge of nurses at British military hospitals in the Crimean War (1853-1856). She set up the Nightingale Training School for Nurses in London. She wrote more than 13,000 letters and 200 books and pamphlets during her life.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822576090
• ISBN13: 9780822576099
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Lerner Publications
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4