Florence Nightingale

True or False? <strong>Florence Nightingale</strong> was the first woman nurse. False Women hadworked as nurses for years but it was considered a miserable job.... » 

True or False? Florence Nightingale was the first woman nurse. False Women hadworked as nurses for years but it was considered a miserable job. Few nursesin England had any medical training. Florence helped make nursing a respectableprofession for women. She was in charge of nurses at British military hospitalsin the Crimean War 18531856. She set up the Nightingale Training School forNurses in London. She wrote more than 13000 letters and 200 books andpamphlets during her life. «