1.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910).Born in Florence, Italy
- Famous work in nursing
- Accomplished mathematician
- Math expertise dramatized needless deaths caused by unsanitary conditions in hospitals and need for reform
- Major contributions during Crimean War in promoting sanitary conditions for soldiers
2.
Marie Curie (1867 – 1934) Born in Warsaw, Poland
Accomplishments:
- Discovery of radium
- Realization that radioactivity is an intrinsic atomic property of matter
- Pioneered a mobile x-ray unit for the French army in WWI
- Founded a radiological school for nurses
- With her husband, she was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, for their study into the spontaneous radiation discovered by Becquerel (awarded the other half of the Prize)
- In 1911 she received a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in recognition of her work in radioactivity.
- Daughter, Irene Joliot-Curie, was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935 jointly with her husband for their discovery of artificial radioactivity
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