HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN OF THE UNIVERSE.

ROSA PARKS:
MOTHER OF THE MODERN-DAY RIGHTS MOVEMENTS.
Everybody knows Martin Luther king jr, but some are not aware of of the Genesis of his $truggle for human rights in America.
Not to worry, just rejoin this story.
Rosa Parks
was an
African American civil rights activist who the
USA congress
later called
"Mother of the modern-day civil rights movement".
On December 1,1955,
Parks became famous
for refusing to obey bus driver{JAMES BLAKE} order to that she give up her
seat to make room for
white passenger.
This action of civil disobedience started the Montgomery bus Boycott,
which is one of the largest movement
against
racial segregation.
In addition, this LAUNCHED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR;
who
was involved with the boycott,
to prominence in the civil rights
movements.
She has had
a
lasting legacy worldwide. Rosa parks resided in Detroit until
she died @
the age of 92 on
October 24,2005.
City officials
in Montgomery and
Detroit announced
on October 27,2005 that the front seats of their city buses

would be reserved with black ribbons
in honour of
parks
until her funeral.
Her casket
was transported to Washington DC,
and taken on board a bus similar to the
one in
which she made her protest to lie in honour in the US Capitol Rotunda{making her the 1st woman and 2nd African ever to receive this honour}

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE:
THE
FOUNDER OF THE MODERN
NURSING PROFESSION.
Florence Nightingale who came be known as the "LADY WITH THE LAMP",
was
a pioneer of modern nursing, a writer and
statistician. Her
lasting contribution has been
her role in founding the modern nursing profession.
She set a shining example for nurses
everywhere of
compassion,commitment to
patient's care,
and
diligent and thoughtful hospital administration. The work of the Nightingale school of nursing
continues today.
The
Nightingale building in the school of nursing and midwifery @ the Univer$ity of Southampton is named after her.
International nurses day
is celebrated
ön her birthday each year.
Her most famous contribution came during the
Crimean war,
which became her central focus when
reports began to
filter back to Britain about the horriific conditions
for the wounded.
Florence & her compatriots began
by
thoroughly cleaning the hospital and equipment & reorganizing patient care. She believed the high death rates in the hospitals were due to poor nutrition and
supplies and overworking of soldiers.
Consequently,she reduced the death in the Army during peacetime &
turned attention to the
sanitary design of hospital.