"Lo! in that house of misery
A lady with a lamp I see
Pass through the glimmering gloom,
And flit from room to room."
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Santa Filomena"
A soothing clean mix of medicinal herbs of lavender, eucalyptus, and rosemary plus uplifting citrus and sweet vanilla to lend a comforting feel.
Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 to a wealthy British family living in Italy. After moving back to England in her youth, she rebelled against the societal pressures on her by choosing to pursue education and become a nurse. After serving through the Crimean War and making a name for herself as a skilled and compassionate caretaker, she carried that passion over to establish the Nightingale Training School - the first ever training school for nurses. She modernized the nursing profession and ensured that, among other things, people viewed sanitary living conditions as integral to overall health. To this day, the Nightingale Pledge is recited by nurses upon completion of their training. Known as the Lady with the Lamp, she shined a compassionate, healing light on everyone she cared for and empowered generations of nurses to come to do the same.
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