Session 3 - Florence Nightingale

Who is this?

• Malala Yousafzai

• Sheryl Sandberg

• Kalpana Chawla

• Florence Nightingale

"Florence Nightingale's" parents did allow her to pursue nursing.

• True

• False

After the _____________ England was in an uproar about the neglect of their ill and injured soldiers, who not only lacked sufficient medical attention due to hospitals being horribly understaffed but also languished in appallingly unsanitary and inhumane conditions.

• Battle of Verdun

• Battle of Alma

• Battle of Cannae

• Battle of Bunker Hill

When did Nightingale receive a letter from Secretary of War Sidney Herbert, asking her to organize a corps of nurses to tend to the sick and fallen soldiers in the Crimea?

• 1854

• 1956

• 2011

• 1754

The most _______ supplies, such as bandages and soap, grew increasingly scarce as the number of ill and wounded steadily increased.

• Unimportant

• Secondary

• Basic

• Elaborate

The soldiers, who were both moved and comforted by her endless supply of compassion, took to calling her ______________.

• The Lady with the Lamp

• The Angel with the Lamp

• The Helpful Lady

• The Man with the Lamp

The book would spark a total restructuring of the War Office’s administrative department, including the establishment of a Royal Commission for the Health of the Army in ____.

• 1657

• 1857

• 1957

• 1757

The Queen rewarded Nightingale’s work by presenting her with an engraved brooch that came to be known as the “Nightingale Jewel” and by granting her a prize of __________ from the British government.

• $2,500

• $25,000

• $150,000

• $250,000

While at Scutari, Nightingale contracted ____________ and would never fully recover.

• Rheumatic Fever

• Dengue Fever

• Crimean Fever

• Continuous Fever

In August ____, Florence Nightingale fell ill but seemed to recover and was reportedly in good spirits.

• 1995

• 1998

• 1910

• 1999