Florence Nightingale

Similar reforms were also underway in hospitals thanks, in part, to the crusading work of Florence Nightingale, the British nurse who was stationed at a filthy military hospital during the Crimean War in 1854.

He is aided by fictional Hester Latterly, a resourceful nurse who was a friend of Florence Nightingale.

Federal officials called the investigation “Operation Nightingale,” after Florence Nightingale, the British nurse regarded as the founder of modern nursing.

Lib’s no-nonsense demeanor and grim history — she was a nurse in the Crimean War, presumably alongside Florence Nightingale — make her seem perfect for the position.

Nursing reformer Florence Nightingale was appointed as the first female member in 1907.