Overview
Florence Nightingale became one of the most famous women of her time and is hailed today as the founder of the modern nursing profession. She spent more than 50 years working to bring about major improvements in health care, and she became a world authority on scientific care of the sick. Nightingale received many honors and was the first woman to be given the British Order of Merit. The money she received from her admirers after the Crimean War was an extraordinary sum for that time. But despite her prominence, Nightingale shunned most publicity. This fictitious interview with American Magazine, the first magazine published in America, is based on facts from Nightingale's life.