Yet as Britain prepares to celebrate Florence Nightingale ... The law was at last overturned in 1886. Yet few members of the British public were aware of Nightingale’s role in the campaign ...

When you think of Florence Nightingale, you probably imagine a nurse with a lamp, comforting soldiers. Indeed, Florence is considered the mother of modern nursing. But she also made serious ...

She became known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’. Florence Nightingale is remembered for showing people that nursing was a very important job. There was a time when, if people became ill or ...