Florence Nightingale lived in a wealthy London house. She was home-schooled by her father. He taught her mathematics, philosophy, history and many languages (German, Italian, French and Latin). Florence was very social when she was young; she was always going out to parties and balls. When she turned seventeen, she decided she was bored with her life, and wanted to do something more challenging. She had always had a medical interest, and sympathy for the …showed first 75 words of 684 total…

…showed last 75 words of 684 total…books, have lots of visitors, and founded a school for nurses. Even the USA asked her for advice to set up hospitals. Florence Nightingale accomplished a great deal. She received undying gratitude from all the soldiers she saved and cared for. She made nursing a respected profession, and she created a procedure for caring for wounded soldiers during the war. In 1907 Florence Nightingale was the first woman ever to receive the British Order of Merit.