Florence Nightingale

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This paper explains that Florence Nightingale was born of wealthy parents and could have lived an idle, sheltered existence, typical of women during the Victorian era who did not attend universities or pursue professional careers. Although she is best known for her role in the nursing profession, the paper relates that she also left her mark on the fields of mathematics and computer science. The paper describes her illustrious career, which overcame the social obstacles for women during the Victorian era and led to her being the founder of modern nursing and the first woman to be elected a member of the Royal Statistical Society.

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"As a young adult, Florence became interested in hospitals and nursing, but her parents refused to allow her to become a nurse as in the mid-nineteenth century it was not considered a suitable profession for a woman of Nightingale's social stature. While traveling with friends, she visited Pastor Theodor Fliedner's hospital and school for deaconesses at Kaiserswerth, near Dusseldorf, Germany and would later return to the school for nursing training. Her first job after training was Superintendent of the Establishment for Gentlewomen during illness at No. 1 Harley Street, London in 1853."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Audain, Cynthia. "Florence Nightingale," Biographies of Women in Mathematics, Agnes Scott College. http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/WOMEN/nitegale.htm
• "Florence Nightingale" Encyclopedia of Public Health. http://www.answers.com/topic/florence-nightingale
• "Florence Nightingale," Florence Nightingale Museum. http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/flo2.htm
• "Florence Nightingale: Rebel with a Cause," Queen Mary, University of London. http://www.cs4fn.org/history/florence.php
• Lipsey, Sally. "Mathematical Education in the Life of Florence Nightingale," Newsletter of the Association for Women in Mathematics, Vol 23, Number 4 (July-August 1993), 11-12. http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/WOMEN/night_educ.htm

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