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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]
This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publications which publicized – and, in some nations, continue to publicize– their goals.
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution – giving women the right to vote in the United States, ratified in 1920. [13]Declaration of Sentiments – major statement for women's rights, including the right to vote, passed and signed at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848; mainly written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
"Cassandra", Florence Nightingale (1852) "Speech at the National Woman's Rights Convention", Matilda Joslyn Gage (1852) [54] Die Deutsche Frauen-Zeitung, German-language women's rights journal published by Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1852) [55] [56] [57] Villette, Charlotte Brontë (1853) What Time of Night It Is, Sojourner Truth (1853) [58]
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
Her first book as a historian, a biography of Florence Nightingale published in 1950 by Constable, [3] took her straight to the top of her profession. [1] Her meticulous research had taken nine years, and the book succeeded in restoring Nightingale's reputation, which had dwindled following Lytton Strachey's representation of her in Eminent Victorians.
Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not is a book first published by Florence Nightingale in 1859. [1] [2] [3] A 76-page volume with 3 page appendix published by Harrison of Pall Mall, it was intended to give hints on nursing to those entrusted with the health of others.