Question | Answer |
Where did Florence Nightingale Train? | Kaiserworth hospital, Germany |
Which invention of the 17th century had led to a decline in the role of women in midwifery? | Forceps |
Why by the 1830s were most nurses poor and uneducated? | Nursing was not seen as a respectable career. |
In what year were women allowed to qualify as doctors at British universities? | 1877 |
Why did women who wished to become doctors face oppostion from male students? | They thought women were too emotional for dissections, not intelligent enough and felt patients would not take them seriously. |
What did Florence Nightingale lead at the military hospital in Scutari during the Crimean War? | A team of nurses |
Why did Elizabeth Garrett Anderson find it hard to become a qualified doctor? | She was turned away from medical schools. She was stopped from attending lectures. Medical schools would not accept women. |
How far did the death rate fall at Scutari as a result of the work of Florence Nightingale? | It fell from 42% to 2% |
Which society fianally accepted Elzabeth Garrett Anderson and gave her a certificate so she could become a qualified doctor? | The Society of Apothecaries. |
Ho did people find out about Florence Nightingales work back in Britain? | It was reported in the newspapers. |
How was Florence Nightingale able to establish the 'Nightingale School for Nurses' in london in 1860? | The public donated money |
Who helped Elizabeth Garrett Anderson become a doctor by taking the Society of Apothecaries to court? | Her father |
How many differnt languages was Florence Nightingales 'Notes for Nursing' translated into? | 11 |
What did Elizabeth Garrett Anderson found in 1872? | the New Hospital for Women in London |
What topic did Florence Nightingale write over 200 books on? | Hospital design and organisation |
What did Elizabeth Garrett Anderson help to set up in 1874? | the London School of Medicine for Women |
What was Florence Nightingale influential in helping to set up in 1861? | The training school for midwives at King's College Hospital London |
In what year did an act of parliament allow women to enter the medical profession? | 1876 |
Why did Florence Nightingale organise the care at Scutari Military Hospital emphasising cleanliness and fresh air? | She believed in the Miasma theory |
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