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🏥 Florence Nightingale & Mary Seacole – Year 1
History · Year 1 (KS1) — two famous nurses of the Crimean War and how they changed hospitals
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Florence Nightingale is famous for the work she did. What job did she do?
Soldier
Nurse
Teacher
Doctor
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What was Florence Nightingale's famous nickname?
The Lady with the Book
The Lady with the Lamp
The Lady with the Candle
The Lady with the Bell
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Mary Seacole was born on an island in the Caribbean. Which island was it?
Cuba
Trinidad
Barbados
Jamaica
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Both nurses helped soldiers in a war in the 1850s. What was this war called?
The Crimean War
The First World War
The Boer War
The Second World War
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Why did Florence Nightingale carry a lamp at night?
To cook food for the soldiers
To keep the hospital warm
To check on sick soldiers in the dark
To send signals to ships
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Mary Seacole built a place near the fighting where soldiers got food and care. What was it called?
The Lamp House
The British Hotel
The Crimean Café
The Soldiers' Inn
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How did Florence Nightingale help the sick soldiers at Scutari hospital get better?
She sent them all home
She gave them toys to play with
She built a brand new hospital
She made the hospital clean
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Mary Seacole asked to join the nurses going to the war, but she was told no. What did she do next?
She gave up and stayed at home
She paid to travel there herself
She opened a hospital in London
She became a soldier instead
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After the war, Florence Nightingale started something new in London. What was it?
A school to train nurses
A shop that sold lamps
A hotel for sailors
A school to train soldiers
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In 2016, a statue of Mary Seacole was put up outside a hospital to remember her. In which city?
Manchester
London
Edinburgh
Cardiff
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