Florence Nightingale.

1. They were rich
2. She was named after a city in Italy.
3. She was born after 1820.
4. One subject Florence learnt at home was Greek.
5. She decided she wanted to do something useful with her life at the age of 12.
6. Most middle-class women at the time didn't have careers.
7. Florence went to Germany to learn about nursing.
8. Crimea was near Turkey.
9. Florence went there with a team of between 35-40 nurses.
10. While Florence was there she made a military hospitals cleaner and safer.
11. Her nickname was The Lady with the lamp.
12. People from all over the world asked Florence for her advice on designing hospitals.
13. Florence was 90 when she died.