Florence Nightingale was a pioneer of modern nursing who gained fame for her work during the Crimean War. She arrived in Istanbul in 1854 and aided soldiers at a military hospital, gaining the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp." Nightingale was born in 1820 in Italy and trained as a nurse in the 1850s before working to reform sanitary conditions in military hospitals. She helped found the modern nursing profession through her example of compassionate patient care and died in 1910 at the age of 90.

2. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Was a pioneer of modern nursing, a writer, and a noted statistician. Florence Nightingale's most famous contribution came during the Crimean War. Nightingale arrived early in November 1854 at Selimiye Barracks in Scutari in Istanbul. During the Crimean campaign Florence Nightingale gained the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp” She was a ‘ministering angel’ without any exaggeration in these hospitals.

3. Florence Nightingale was born on May 12 th . of 1820 in Florence, Italy, Her parents, were William Edward Nightingale and its French wife Smith. William Nightingale named Shore but he changed it to Nightingale after inheriting of a rich relative, Peter Nightingale de Lea. The older sister of Nightingale had been born a year before in Naples. The Nightingale called to their first-born the Greek name of the city, Parthenope.

4. In February of 1837, Florence believed to listen the call of God, although she did not know which was that call. In 1840 Florence begged to her parents let to study mathematics, but her mother didn’t approve that idea. While Nightingale was in a trip by Europe and Egypt in 1849, she had the opportunity to study the different hospitable systems.

5. At the beginning of 1850, Nightingale began its training like nurse in the Institute of San Vicente de Paul in Alexandria, Egypt, that was a hospital of the Catholic Church. In 1851 she trained as a nurse during three months in the Institute for Diaconisas Protestant and after Germany changed itself to a hospital in St. Germain, near Paris, directed by the Brothers of the Charity.

6. To its return to London in 1853, Nightingale took the position without payment from Superintendent in the Establishment for ladies during diseases . She is remembered by her work like nurse during the war of Crimea and by its contribution to the reform of the sanitary conditions in the military hospitals of field

7. Florence Nightingale's lasting contribution has been her role in founding the modern nursing profession. She set an example of compassion, commitment to patient care, and diligent and thoughtful hospital administration. While better known for her contributions in the nursing and mathematical fields, Nightingale is also an important link in the study of English feminism. On August 13 th of 1910, at the age of 90, she died in her room while sleeping.

8. Florence Nightingale was a nurse so amable. Her job consisted in help people in hospitals, we know that one time in the Crimean War she helped all soldiers with love.

9. We think that the reason of why the school chosen Florence Nightingale to represent White House is because she was a person that brought a lot of help to people when they need it. Also because she is an important person in the history.