I was born and baptized in the Church of England in 1820. I always had an unbiased view on religion, but I felt my call from God at age 16 as an inward tug of mystical experience. My manifested love of nature and tendency to care for the suffering made me feel spiritually called to model the greatness and generosity of God in service to the sick. My father felt nursing was not a suitable profession for a well-educated woman and my mother wanted me to marry an esteemed gentleman. I persevered through these expectations and went on a tour of Europe and Egypt in 1849, and this gave me the chance to study the different hospital systems.

I began my training at the Institute of St Vincent de Paul hospital and continued my training in five different hospitals, including the Institute of Protestant Deaconesses. There were times when I was persecuted for my r

Although deeply religious, I was extremely tolerant and honored the beliefs, rituals, and practices of all cultures. When I started my first job in England, I had an argument with the hospital's Committee because they did not accept Roman Catholic patients. I threatened to resign unless the Committee changed the rules and gave me written permission to accept not only Roman Catholics but also Jews and any other religion and allow them to be visited by their respective priests, Rabbis, and Muftis (Islamic clerics). The Committee changed the rules, as I demanded. I wanted the church at that time to realize the importance of respecting other religion, which would lead the Roman Catholic Church in a deeper spiritual faith. Since then hospitals, religious or not, have respected all religions. I actively worked for public health improvements in many different countries and devoted many years to improving the life of poor people of all religions. I greatly enjoyed the Vatican Council because they shared my ideas of reform. I especially enjoyed the Decree on Ecumenism that brought consideration of other religions in order to manifest our faith in the Roman Catholic Church.

eligious beliefs, but God gave me the strength to pursue what I was in training for, service for others. When I returned to London in 1853, I took up the unpaid position as the Superintendent of a nursing school. At the request of the British government, I volunteered to lead 38 nurses in Turkey and to organize medical care for the British solders ill during the Crime

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