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The Real History Of Florence Nightingale | The Lady With The Lamp

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The Real History Of Florence Nightingale | The Lady With The Lamp'

NOTE: This video was filmed in 2020 and the Florence Nightingale Museum has since re-opened its doors! You can visit the museum's website here: https://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/

Alice Loxton pays a visit to The Florence Nightingale Museum to unveil the true story of the Lady with the Lamp - the real history of Florence Nightingale. Joined by David Green and Amber Lickerish, she learns how Nightingale broke through the restrictions of Victorian convention, laid the foundations for modern nursing, and tirelessly campaigned for social justice.

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20 Comments

@kazoolibra7322 4 years ago

As a retired nurse with an strong interest in history I loved this. I have even been to this museum!!!!

@davewilson9738 3 years ago (edited)

An amazing woman. humanitarian and human being. We still need women like her today and to hear her voice over 100 years later is remarkable. And as nation we need to fund this museum.

@kakurineuin 3 years ago

I am still learning English and my vocabulary is limited, but I want to say that she is the historical figure I admire the most.

@garywilson6047 3 years ago

A good interviewer is sometimes a quiet interviewer. Well done. Really good.

@mindmedic9435 4 years ago

As a nurse, of course I appreciate and admire her contributions to nursing, but I am glad the uniform has changed.

@starfishsignal 2 years ago

Omg that poor owl probably died of a broken heart thinking it was just abandoned in the attic.

@jamesrogers5277 4 years ago

Applause for David Green - very good to listen to you, sir - a wonderful story you told so well.

@Kimbleslind 3 years ago

My family are descendants of Florence Nightingale, but the funny thing is, none of us have ever pursued a nursing career!

@monicacall7532 4 years ago

What a fantastic video! The Nightingale Museum absolutely needs to be funded. What a fantastic resource for Brits and everyone else. I enjoyed the fact that the presenter got out of the way and let Dave and Amber do most of the talking while she asked only questions to clarify what they were saying. Clearly these two people are passionate about Florence Nightingale and the monumental contribution she made to medicine. Surely there must be a wealthy donor(s) or government entity to sponsor this museum! Nightingale changed nursing all over the world. Clara Barton who was the most famous nurse during our American Civil War (and who founded the American Red Cross) and Dorothea Dix (another hospital/medical care reformer) used the principles that Nightingale promoted to vastly improve the conditions for and the nursing of the sick and wounded soldiers during that war. Bravo Florence and for History HITT TV making this wonderful documentary.

@ArrDee49 4 years ago (edited)

I began nursing, after several years as a sailor in the Royal Australian Navy, in the 1970's; as a man, I faced numerous obstacles. Most being of a discriminatory nature.
I initially trained as an enrolled nurse in New South Wales, Australia, at a dedicated children's hospital. More than a decade later, I went on to be educated/train in hospital based general nursing, in the UK, ultimately becoming a registered nurse. 40 years later I retired. Florence Nightingale was then, and still is, a hero[ine] in my life today. I am proud of the difference I have made to the lives of others, as a nurse; in the shadow of Florence Nightingale.

@newgabe09 4 years ago

Excellent presentation. What a great chap working at this museum.

@jws1948ja 2 years ago (edited)

It is hard to be a good nurse. I have been ill for most of my life, and I have encountered many bad nurses,

@susannjarvis5587 4 years ago

What a fantastic museum.And such an excellent "guide," with incredible knowledge of the museum's objects and the story of Florence Nightingale And what an amazing woman she was to have persevered and to have made such a huge impact into the world of health and healthcare. Thank you History Hit.

@pheart2381 4 years ago

That tiny medicine chest! Hospitals fling disinfectant around like confetti these days,and the buildings still arnt that clean.

@robertgiles9124 4 years ago

It's odd they skip the trip to Egypt she made just before the Crimea war. The book Letters from Egypt: A Journey on the Nile, 1849-1850 is amazing. One of the best travel books I've ever read. Shows how smart and brave she really was.

@vincewhite5087 2 years ago

An amazing woman.

@janverboven 4 years ago

Thanks to her my mum (in Belgium) became a midwife (if you've seen call the midwife - it quite accurate) and a qualified nurse serving at the Antwerp Stuivenberg Ziekenhuis, zaal 12, where people called her after Florence. She gave life to nursing everyone with her bright scientific mind, soft hands, respect for everyone, until she left us. Thanks to the idea that Florence started and has now is a globally more than a respected job. My mum. Thanks Florence..❤❤

@sumitaadam 3 years ago

OMG !!!
What a storyteller .riveted to the screen!

@RavenGent 4 years ago (edited)

I'm a big admirer of Florence Nightingale and I read from some sources that at the time of the American Civil War she shared her knowledge of nursing for an army to the US government to help them with their sanitary commission for the army. Even before Ms Clara Barton, Florence was indeed the nurse that started it all for what hospitals are now.
I'm currently learning about her in Women's history. She's amazing. I've added her to my history wall.
Excellent work, Alice!! 🎩