Florence Nightingale
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Florence Nightingale, OM (May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910), was a famous English nurse. She helped create the modern techniques of nursing. She helped a lot of wounded soldiers during the Crimean War to get better. She was the first female to receive the Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded to a British person. As a nurse she adopted the name 'The Lady with the Lamp' because at night, she checked on the wounded soldiers and always carried 'The Lamp' with her. Florence Nightingale was a wonderful women who fought the odds of not living a life expected by her family. She helped made modern nursing possible.
