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​All My Work My Definition of a Hero: A person who fights for what they beleive in, a good person, someone who is able to choose for themself, and someone who follows their heart ** Paragraph 1--Intro to why your person is a hero.Paragraph 2--Put hero's lfe into perspective--when did they live, where, who were they trying to help, why, how, why was this important. Paragraph 3&4-- What makes your person a hero?--You must prove that your person meets the criteria of your own personal definition (this is the meat of your wiki page and your submission to the My Hero Website- you're looking at a good two to three paragraphs here--focus on that spark, that moment the person decided to be heroic or do heroic acts.Paragraph 5--The other side of the story.Paragraph 6--What is the person's legacy? Paragraph 7--What advice would they have for today's youth for dealing with a current issue? **

Florence Nightingale By: Marina **

** Being a hero is not that difficult all you have to do is do something you believe is right then in the end it will turn out to be much more than you would have thought. Florence Nightingale is my hero. She wanted to do something more worthwhile with her life than just serving tea and throwing big parties. She came from a wealthy family and didn't have to work but she chose to. She wanted to help people and believed that this was meant for her. In this essay I will prove that Florence Nightingale is a hero because she fought for what she believe in and never gave up even, a good person, someone who is able to choose for themselves, someone who follows their heart, and saves people. Florence Nightingale is the type of person who would put others ahead of herself. In her day she had many men propose to her but instead of getting what her heart wants she couldn't marry them. It would stop her from fulfilling god's call. ** Florence Nightingale was born in 1820-1910. She is the daughter of William Edward and Frances Nightingale. She came from a very wealthy family. Her mother and her mother siblings didn't have to work a day in their life and live to an old age. Her parents married in 1818. They lived in a mansion called Embley Park which is in Hampshire. They lived in England. Florence enjoyed caring for sick people like the sick farmers she cared for on her father's estate. Nightingale wanted to do something more worthwhile with her life. At age 16 she felt that god was calling her to serve others. Nightingale felt that this was something she is meant to do, help others in need of help. Florence Nightingale soon became known as the founder of modern nursing

Have you ever wonder how did Florence got to where she is today. How did become who she wanted to be? Like every other people in the world Florence has family but her family didn't support her and accepted who she wanted to be. They were embarrassed but she never gave up. She didn't care because this is what she believes she is supposed to be doing. Florence’s family wanted her to be a socialite. She told them she didn't want that kind of life, to through parties, her family did everything they can to try to stop her. Her parents were angry. William and Frances didn't want her to work in the dirty hospitals. At 16 she was sure that god was calling her to save others. She wanted so bad to help others that she secretly had nursing books and spent most of her time studying them. Her father agreed to let her go to Kaiserwerth hospital in Germany to study if she didn't tell anyone her plans that way her family wouldn't have to be embarrassed by her actions. Because of her many people can become anything they want to be all they have to do is believe that they could do it and don't let anyone stop them and follow their heart. One of Her quote is "I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse." ** Florence Nightingale's career was and is always destine to be a nurse. She chose the job where she gets to save people's lives. Florence Nightingale went to study at Kaiserwerth, Germany to learn to become a nurse. In 1853 the Crimean war started. There were two diseases going around and about 8,000 men in the army were suffering from it. Nightingale volunteered to help and soon she was given permission to group 38 nurses to Turkey. She saw the lack of supplies, food, clothing, and blankets the wounded soldiers had. She contacts THE TIMES and told them how the military are treating their wounded soldiers. She was able to improve the cleanness of the place and reduce the death rate of the soldiers. Florence published two books, Notes on Hospitals and Notes on Nursing and with that money she used it to found the Nightingale School & Home for nurses at St. Thomas hospitals. Nightingale had a strong opinion on Women's right so she wrote another book and argued about preventing women on having careers. One of her quote is Never to know that you are beaten is the way to victory." ** Some people who would think that my hero isn't a hero are Florence's parents and sister. They wanted her to do something different with her life instead of just giving it away to be a nurse. Her parents cared about Florence and wanted the best for her but Florence knew what she wanted and that is to be a nurse. Her father and mother would not allow their daughter to work in hospitals. Her sister pretends to have fainting spells and her mother accuse her of being immoral. She didn't give up. Nightingale turned out to be a much better person and a hero to a bunch of those soldiers’s whose lives she saved. ** Florence Nightingale is born to a wealthy family. Her parents wanted her to marry someday and become a socialite. As she became older Florence wanted to do and be something more than just being a socialite. She felt it was her destiny to save people and that’s who she became. Even though her family wasn't really happy with that idea and didn't support her like they should have they accepted it and allowed her to go study medicine and nursing. ** Some children don't know what they want to be yet and are afraid to choose the wrong career. If Florence is alive today she would probably say listen closely to what your heart is telling you and whatever your heart choose or say all you have to do is follow it. You will never choose the wrong direction because it is your choice. Florence followed her heart and now she is known as the founder of modern nursing. ** 



Florence Nightingale was known as "the lady with the lamp" because she walked through the halls holding a lamp 

 Florence Nightingale serving/nursing the British army durring the Crimean war



This is Nightingale's home at Embley Park

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