Nurse Florence

Ask someone to name a famous nurse, and odds are Florence Nightingale comes to mind. Born to a wealthy British family living abroad in Tuscany, her name reflects the city of her birth. Widely-traveled and well educated, Florence rebelled against social expectations for women of her class. She felt called to nursing, completing a training course in Germany. When the Crimean War came, Florence led a group of volunteers to set up nursing the wounded near the front lines. Later in life, she established a nursing school and authored an introduction to nursing. (Appellationmountain.net)