Florence Nightingale OM, RRC (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a heroine in so many ways. She was, after all, a prominent social reformer, statistician, and nurse whose achievements in the nursing profession led to her being dubbed as the mother of modern nursing. She was The Lady with the Lamp whose innovative approaches to nursing during the Crimean War, when she trained the nurses tending to the ill and injured soldiers, led to the birth of the nursing profession as the world knows it today.
With her establishment of the world’s first secular nursing school, then at the Sr. Thomas Hospital but now part of the King’s College London, modern professional nursing came into its own. She has been honored with several accolades for her achievements including the Nightingale Pledge named in her honor and the International Nurses day held on her birthday each year.
Beyond the nursing profession, Nightingale was also a known social reformer. She was instrumental in the improvement of healthcare in British society, the hunger relief in India, and the abolishment of harsh prostitution laws against women as well as in the expansion of women’s role in the workplace.
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