Florence Nightingale, born on May 12, 1820, became a nurse at a time when the profession was considered a degrading occupation and hospitals were cesspools of disease. Nightingale changed that. Her ...

Florence Nightingale had such a profound influence on modern society that nearly everyone is familiar with her name, whether ...

On This Day: Throughout history, May 12th has witnessed various significant events spanning various fields, from geopolitics to culture, from natural disasters to artistic milestones. This date has ...

Florence Nightingale became the heroine of the Crimean War when she and a group of nurses went out to Scutari hospital, in Turkey, to run the hospitals and nurse the soldiers. She took this medicine ...

While hospitals throughout the world did not celebrate the birthday of Florence Nightingale yesterday as they usually do on May 12, like the Henry W. Bishop 3d Memorial School for Nursing, they are ...

When Florence Nightingale was recruiting nurses, an accomplished nurse from Jamaica named Mary Seacole traveled to London but was repeatedly rejected. Seacole wrote: "Did these ladies shrink from ...

The Nightingale Badge was awarded to nurses like my mum, who qualified from the Nightingale School at St Thomas' Hospital, the first School of Nursing in England. Florence Nightingale started the ...

In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured Tenochtitlan (teh-natch-teet-LAHN’), present-day Mexico City, from the Aztecs. In 1704, the Battle of Blenheim was fought during the War of the ...

In 1898, the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, invited the Muslim leader, Aga Khan III, around to her London home for tea. Show more In 1898, the British founder of modern nursing, ...