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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
Upper Class English
Trained to be a nurse when not popular
Headed nursing in 1954 in the Crimean War
- The first media war where she became a star
- Inspiration for the later establishment of the Red Cross
Became a British national figure on health
Used statistics on disease
Mortality rates for soldiers
Influenced by Quetelet
Social and health reformer