In 1837, Florence was called by God to do his work. However, Florence did not hear voices or see visions. God called her by making her think for herself. She did not think that she out to do what her family and all of society expected of her-to either get married or look after her married relatives. She wanted to have a career, and this was very unusual of a woman in this time. Florence knew she wanted to help others on her own, but had no idea what she could do.

Florence refused to marry several suitors, and at the age of twenty-five told her parents that she wanted to become a nurse. Her parents were appalled at this decision because the idea of nursing was associate with working class women and it was not considered a suitable p

Military officers and doctors objected to Nightingale's view of reforming military hospitals. They interpreted her comments as an attack and she was made to feel unwelcome. Nightingale received very little help from the military until she used a contact from the London Times to report the details of the way that the British Army treated its wounded soldiers. Nightingale was given the task of organizing the barracks and by improving the quality of sanitation she was able to dramatically reduce the death rate of her patients.

Florence gained respect, and was well known amongst the soldiers. The "lady in Chief", as Nightingale was called, wrote home on behalf of the solders. She acted as a banker, sending the men's wages home to their families, and introduced reading rooms to the hospital. Nightengale was also known as "the land with the lamp" because she roamed the halls of the hospital, late at night, when the doctors were fast asleep, caring for the sick and wounded.

In later life Florence Nightingale suffered from poor health and in 1895 she went blind, and soon afterwards and then became bedridden due to illness contracted when she was a nurse in the war. Bedridden, Florence still campaigned tirelessly to improve heath standards, publishing over 200 books, reports and pamphlets.

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