Emmy Rappe education of professional nurses in Sweden. She was sent as a student to Florence Nightingales school Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at St Thomas' Hospital in London (now part of King's College London) in 1866. She was personally tutored by Florence Nightingale, who was pleased with her as a student. Rappe shared the view upon nursing as a call. Emmy Rappe returned to Sweden in 1867, and studied at Sahlgrenska sjukhuset hospital in Göteborg and at others clinics in Stockholm. In 1867-1877, she was head nurse at the newly established Surgical Clinic at the Uppsala Academic Hospital, and
Florence Nightingale David Award Florence Nightingale David Award The Florence Nightingale David Award is an award given every two years (in odd-numbered years) jointly by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies and Caucus for Women in Statistics to a distinguished female statistician. The award's purpose is to "recognize a female statistician who exemplifies the contributions of Florence Nightingale David" and who "has advanced the discipline and proven herself to be an outstanding role model". Since the founding of the award, it has became a "prestigious hallmark of achievement" among female statisticians. The Florence Nightingale David Award was first given in 2001, with David