Florence Nightingale: "What use were mathematics to a married woman?"

Noel-Ann Bradshaw talks about Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910), the first woman to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. We learn about: what you may not know about Florence Nightingale (time 0:21) her early interest in mathematics and her parents' disapproval ( 0:49) her early career and views on education (1:38) the Crimean War (2:36) her Polar Area Diagrams (3:34) Nightingale's impact (4:06) her work back in England (4:52) Nightingale as statistician (5:32) More information, worksheets and other resources for the undergraduate mathematics curriculum: www.beingamathematician.org