Florence Nightingale: Modern-Day Lessons and Legacies

摘要

It was a coincidence that led to the topic of this month's President's Corner. I had been thinking about writing a column about the legendary Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), partly to honor women in statistics and partly because I find personal histories compelling. But a search for her name on the ASA website revealed several existing and accessible articles about her life and work. What could I add that isn't covered by the biography of her on the ASA's site, the much-visited page about her at thisisstatistics.org, and the Science News article by Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award winner Julie Reymeyer, all of which discuss Nightingale's fascinating life and her contributions to statistics?