International Women's Day

Florence Nightingale well known as the lady with the lamp, was born in Florence, Italy, on May 12, 1820. 
During the Crimean War, she and a team of nurses improved the unsanitary conditions at a British base hospital, reducing the death count by two-thirds. 
Her writings sparked worldwide health care reform. 
In 1860 she established St. Thomas' Hospital and the Nightingale Training School for Nurses. 
She died August 13, 1910, in London.