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Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale, the founder of professional nursing, developed the first organized training school for nurses in London in 1860. The University of Cincinnati College of Nursing began as the Cincinnati Training School for Nurses in 1889 and was modeled following the design of the Nightingale Training School for Nurses in London.

This bronze bust, located at the entrance of the College of Nursing, was given to the College by the great-grandniece of Florence Nightingale, Joan Nightingale Fox. She presented the statue in 1996. The sculptor, Father Jerome Cox, has studios in Florence, Italy, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bust is truly an international effort because a variety of European artists from Father Cox’s studio participated in the development of the bust’s hair, cap, and cloak.