Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

She was an Englishwoman known as the founder of modern Nursing.  She served as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War. She managed to lower death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. She is a famous icon of the Victorian era, AKA "The Lady with the Lamp", who made rounds of wounded soldiers at night.

She is responsible for the foundation of the first nursing school in 1860. In her honor, the newly trained nurses should first take the Nightingale Pledge, and the International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12th, i.e. her birthday. 

She spent her life helping the society, the poor, the sick, and the forgotten.

Surprisingly, she innovated what’s known as a pie chart, and is a pioneer in the use of infographics, as she tried to represent statistical data.

She once recorded her voice on a vax cylinder in 1890:

“When I am no longer even a memory, just a name, I hope my voice may perpetuate the great work of my life. God bless my dear old comrades of Balaclava and bring them safe to shore. Florence Nightingale.”

New words: 

Founder: sb who starts a company, a school, a movement, etc. 

موسس

Trainor: sb who teaches/ trains others (skill-oriented)

مربی

Death rate: the number of dead people

آمار/ میزان مرگ و میر

Hygiene: keeping the environment, body, clothes, etc clean and removing any infection, bacteria, etc as much as possible

بهداشت

Icon: figure; an important or famous person 

شخص برجسته، شخصیت

Foundation: the action of establishing a business, a movement, etc.

تاسیس

Innovate: create sth; invent sth

نوآوری کردن

Perpetuate: keep going; keep sth alive

زنده نگه داشتن

Comrade: friend; also a way of calling people in communist societies

رفیق

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