1. Florence Nightingale by Maya Change Seeker

2. Biography  Born in Italy May 12 1820, and was named after the city.  Her parents then moved to England.  Her parents names were Frances and William Edward Nightingale.  Her family was actually very very wealthy also her father believed in education for everyone including women who very rarely in that time had a good education.

3. Biography  Learned Italian, Latin, Greek, History, and math.  Was particularly good at math which applied when she developed the Polar area diagram.

4. Personal Qualities  Florence Nightingale was bright, tough and driven to make people believe that putting the ill in sanitary places would be more effective to cure them more quickly.

5. Motivation  When she saw all the sick men on the battlefield she was driven to cure them of their sicknesses.

6. Hardships  In that time people believed women were not as good as men, but Florence became successful by herself.

7. Accomplishments  Introduced sanitary science to the British army, preventing the death of many in the future, and revolutionizing the public health system in India.  Also published 75 page booklet on sanitary methods.  Brought down death rate in Crimean war.

8. Interesting Information  Her nickname was the “lady with the lamp”.  Suffered from Chronic Fatigue syndrome.  Refused to marry because of the devotion to her work.

9. Four questions I would like to ask my Change Seeker:  What was it like living in times when women were not as appreciated as men, and were not as well schooled as men were back then?  In the Crimean war what was it like attending to the poor defenseless men who were terribly injured?  What was it like being rejected to help the soldiers in the English army who were injured?  What was it like upsetting your family because they did not accept your dream of becoming a nurse because they thought that nurses were women who were poor?