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Florence Nightingale (/ ˈ n aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ l /; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. [4]
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) – celebrated social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing; Emily Rosaline Orme (1835–1915) – member of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage; Elizabeth Margaret Pace (1866–1957) – Scottish doctor, suffragist and advocate for women's health and women's rights
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Masson was a close friend and professional colleague of Florence Nightingale, [8] who supported Masson's promotion to Matron and in disputes with hospital administration and medical leaders around competency of staff; Nightingale arranged for practical support and influenced decisions made. [9]
On May 12, 1857, the 37th Birthday of her friend Florence Nightingale, she opened the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children (the first hospital staffed by women serving women) with her sister, Dr. Emily Blackwell, and Dr. Marie Zakrzewska. In 1868, she founded the Women's Medical College of the New York Infirmary to train other women.
She left teaching and trained as a nurse under the Florence Nightingale system. [1] [2] [3] As a nurse she joined Josephine Butler’s campaign against the Contagious Disease Acts in both Britain and New Zealand. [4] [3] In 1878, Sievwright emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, initially staying with her brother-in-law.