Who among the following was known as the 'Lady with the lamp'?

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answered Mar 2, 2022 by PrashantPandey (238k points)
selected Mar 2, 2022 by ShreeHarpale

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : Florence Nightingale

The correct answer is Florence Nightingale.

The most famous nurse in history, Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern nursing.
She is known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ – she played a significant role during the Crimean War between 1853 and 1856.
- She nursed wounded soldiers at night while carrying a lamp along with her, which led to the famous epithet.

Madame Cama	Original name is Madam Bhikaiji Cama. She was the first Indian to hoist an Indian flag on foreign land, Stuttgart in Germany. She is known as the 'Mother of Indian Revolution' in Yemen. She worked as a social worker during the Bombay Plague epidemic in 1897, she became ill herself and was sent to Britain in 1901 for treatment.
Annie Besant	Popularly known as Annie Wood. She was a reputed theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, and orator. In 1916, along with Lokmanya Tilak, she launched the Home Rule League. She was selected as the first woman president of the Indian National Congress in 1917. She was declared a World Teacher after her lecture on Theosophy in 1926.
Sarojini Naidu	She is known as the Nightingale of India or “Bharatiya Kokila”. She played an important role in India's freedom struggle and promoted women's rights. Also a poet and a great politician. In 1917, she established the Women's Indian Association (WIA). The British government also awarded her the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for her work during the plague epidemic in India. She was the first woman Governor of India.

In 1860, Florence Nightingale established her nursing school at St Thomas Hospital, London.
- It is the World’s first nursing school that was in a hospital. Now it is a part of King’s College, London.
Some books written by the Sarojini Naidu are The Golden Threshold, Mohammad Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity, The Indian Fantasy, The Royal Tombs of Golconda, The Snake Charmer, etc.