Florence Nightingale is one of the most famous women in history, whose contribution to helping the injured soldiers during the Crimean War is a wonderful example of how just one person can make a difference to the course of history. Following Florence's journey to the hospital at Scutari and the work that she did there, the book also looks at how the improvements Florence made inform how hospitals treat hygiene and infections in hospitals today.

Start-Up History is a series of 6 titles looking at everyday objects and events from their historical perspective and encourages readers to ask questions about what they can see on the page and how that might relate to their own experiences building skills and historical vocabulary. Perfect introductory history texts for 5-7 KS1 readers.

This book is part of a book series called Start-Up History .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Stewart Ross is a popular children's author. He has written many books on historical subjects, both fiction and non-fiction.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Florence Nightingale, a famous nurse
• 1: Florence goes to help
• 1: Why did Florence go to the war?
• 1: Florence and the horrible hospital
• 1: Florence goes to work
• 1: How did Florence help?
• 1: Nursing changes
• 1: How do we know about Florence Nightingale?
• 1: The story of Florence Nightingale
• 1: Further information for parents and teachers
• 1: Index