First Secular Nursing School
Florence Nightingale was a British woman who managed nurses through the Crimean War between 1853-1856. She influenced how nurses are trained, educated, as well as perceived by the public. She opened the first secular nursing school at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London in 1860, which has since been renamed to the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifrey.
Founder Of The American Red Cross
The founder of the American Red Cross was Clara Barton, a nurse who founded the organization in 1881. She was previously a self-taught caregiver who helped those wounded in the American Civil War, treating Union soldiers and helping solve logistical issues that came up in the makeshift hospitals.