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

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.

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?

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

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

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 ____.

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.

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

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