A Cultural Genius: Florence Nightingale
What is a genius and who is Florence?
People usually consider a person a genius if they are exceptionally smart or someone who is exceptional at something they do. Florence Nightingale was a genius. Sometimes we realize that a person is a genius years after they die. People realized Florence was a genius even in her own time.
Shortly after a twenty-year period of war in Europe, and the fall of Napoleon, a daughter was born to William and Fanny Nightingale. In the city of Firenze, which translates to her English name of Florence. This birth took place on May 12, 1820. (Heart and Soul, Gorrell, Gena K.)
William and Fanny Nightingale were both from what society called “old money.” They travel
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