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Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1920, into a wealthy family in England, and received the most
luxurious education from an early age, learning not only foreign languages like French, Greek, and Italian,
farmers she visited for charity work, she gradually began to think that she wanted to work in a job that
but also mathematics, astronomy, psychology, and literature. However, after seeing the lives of poor
served people. When she turned 30, she decided to become a nurse and started working at a hospital in
London. Nightingale, who eventually became a director of a women's hospital, began to advocate the need
for nurses with specialized training. At that time, nurses had a low status and were considered nothing
more than servants who cared for the sick.
A major turning point occurred in 1854. War began in Crimea*, present-day Ukraine, and Nightingale
was sent there with 24 Catholic sisters and 14 nurses. Nightingale's efforts improved the hospital
environment during the war. The Nightingale School of Nursing was established with the Nightingale Fund
created during the war. Although Henri Dunant, a founding member of the International Committee of the
Red Cross, highly praised her work, Nightingale was not involved in the International Committee of the
Red Cross. This was because she believed that aid activities based on self-sacrifice by participants would
not last long. Her famous quote, "Devotion without sacrifice is true service," expresses this well. It is said
that this was due to the idea that "we rely on the spirit of service of our members, but without financial
support, we are powerless."
Nightingale only served wounded soldiers as a nurse for only two years during the Crimean War*, and
became famous for her symbolic image of dedication and for her use of statistics to reform health care. The
statistical methods she used at this time were highly praised, and she was considered a pioneer of statistics
in England.
Nightingale suffered from poor health from a young age, and is said to have spent most of her time in
bed after returning from Crimea. Nightingale passed away peacefully at the age of 90 at her home in
London on August 13, 1910.
advocate* 主張する
Crimea* クリミア半島
Crimean War* クリミア戦争
(1) Florence Nightingale was born in a wealthy family and she learned many foreign languages.
(2) Nightingale wanted to be a nurse when she was small.
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(3) It was when she was 30 years old that Nightingale wanted to be a nurse and started working at
a hospital.
(4) Nightingale's work in Crimea improved the environment of the hospital there.
(5) Nightingale did great work to found the International Committee of the Red Cross.
(6) When Nightingale was young, nurses were thought to be like servants.
(7) Nightingale's famous words, "Devotion without sacrifice is true service," means self-sacrifice of
the participants is always necessary rather than financial support.
(8) Nightingale was not blessed with good health since young and spent much of her time in bed.
(9) Nightingale is considered a pioneer of statistics in the world as she used statistics to reform
health care.
(10) Nightingale worked as a nurse all her life.
