Florence Nightingale was born in 1820， and her parents were visiting Florence then， in Italy. So she was named after the city.

Nightingale’s parents were very rich. Like many rich girls of the time， Florence did not go to school. Her father taught her foreign languages， history and math.

Nightingale read all the books and reports about health and hospital. She became an expert on the ways to keep people healthy and make them better when they became ill.

When she was 30， Nightingale went to Germany with some friends. She visited a nursing institute at Kaiserswerth. This is where she wanted to study！

In 1851， Nightingale’s parents finally allowed her to go to Kaiserwserth. When she returned she worked at a hospital for sick women in London.

In 1854， Nightingale heard about the bad condition for soldiers injured in the Crimean War between Britain and Russia. She decided to do something.

Nightingale gathered together supplies and a group of nurses. The men were happy to have cleaner wards and better food.

The soldiers called Nightingale “The Lady with the lamp” because she walked around the hospital every night with a lamp comforting patients.

When the war ended in 1856， Nightingale was famous. Queen Victoria wanted to meet her. In 1860， Nightingale set up the Nightingale School for Nurses in London.

She died in 1910. During her life， nursing had become a respected profession.

弗洛倫斯·南丁格爾生于1820年。當時，她的父母正好造訪意大利的佛羅倫薩，便以那個城市的名字給她取名。

南丁格爾的父母很富有。像當時很多富人家的女孩一樣，南丁格爾沒有去學(xué)校讀書，但是她父親教她外語、歷史和數(shù)學(xué)。

南丁格爾閱讀了很多關(guān)于健康和醫(yī)院的書籍和報道。她成了保健和護理病人的專家。

30歲的時候，南丁格爾和朋友一起去了德國。她參觀了位于凱撒斯維特的護理學(xué)院。這就是她想學(xué)習(xí)的地方！

1851年，南丁格爾的父母最終同意她去凱撒斯維特學(xué)習(xí)。回國后，她在倫敦的一家醫(yī)院護理女病人。

1854年，南丁格爾聽說英俄克里米亞戰(zhàn)爭中受傷的士兵的情況很糟糕。她決定為他們做點什么。

南丁格爾收集了一些供給品并集合了一群護士。士兵們感到高興的是有了干凈的病房和更好的食物。

士兵們稱呼南丁格爾為“提燈女士”，因為她每晚都會提著燈在醫(yī)院里巡視和安慰士兵們。

1856年戰(zhàn)爭結(jié)束后，南丁格爾成了名人。維多利亞女王也想接見她。1860年，南丁格爾在倫敦開辦了南丁格爾護士學(xué)校。

1910年，南丁格爾去世。在她生活的年代，護理工作成為一種受人尊敬的職業(yè)。