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Great minds changed the world as never before throughout the 1800s. In the fields of science and philosophy new ideas changed the way the world thought, and great inventors changed how life itself would be lived.
Florence Nightingale, The Lady With the Lamp
The British nurse Florence Nightingale gained fame while serving in the Crimea, where she became known as "The Lady With the Lamp." She reformed the nursing profession, and campaigned for sanitary practices that saved many lives.

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