AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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search for her husband
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write letters
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tend to the wounded men
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get a job
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Detailed explanation-1: -Florence returned after the war as a national heroine. She had been shocked by the conditions in the hospital and began to campaign to improve the quality of nursing in military hospitals. In October 1856 she met with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and in 1857 she gave evidence to a Sanitary Commission.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the Crimean War, Mary returned to London with very little money and in poor health. Her situation was written about in the newspapers, and many soldiers donated money to help support her. She spent the last 20 years of her life between London and Jamaica, and was buried in Kensal Green, London.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1954, under the authorization of Sidney Herbert, the Secretary of War, Florence Nightingale brought a team of 38 volunteer nurses to care for the British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War, which was intended to limit Russian expansion into Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -Biography of Florence Nightingale, 200th Birthday of World’s First Nurse-International Nurse Day.