Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a celebrated English Nurse, writer and statistician. A Christian universalist, Nightingale believed that God had called her to be a nurse. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night.
Nightingale laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment, in 1860, of her nursing school at St Thomas Hospital in London the first secular nursing school in the world, now part of King’s College, London. The Nightingale Pledge taken by new nurses was named in her honour, and the annual International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on her birthday.
Museum Item Identifier
999.17.14
Museum Item Information
Sub-Collection
Historical Dolls by VGH Students
Accession Number
999.17.14
Creator
VGH Students (cl. '46) Under Direction of Elizabeth (Scoones) Steward
