A Woman to Know: Mary Seacole
Is it surprising I should be somewhat impatient of the airs of superiority which many Americans endeavored to assumed over me? — Mary Seacole
(image via Wikimedia Commons)
In the midst of the Crimean War, Mary Seacole was turned away from the British nurses brigade — despite her ample experience. She was desperate to tend to wounded soldiers in Crimea and give her own part to the war effort. So she bought a hotel, set it up as a hospital and began running her own nurses brigade — this one accepted any nurses who wanted to help.
Add to your library list:
The Wonderful Adventures of Ms. Seacole in Many Lands (Mary Seacole)
Mary Seacole: The Most Famous Black Woman of the Victorian Age (Jane Robinson)
Mary Seacole: The Making of the Myth (Lynn McDonald)
Read more:
Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole: Nursing's Bitter Rivalry (History Today)
Who was Mary Seacole? (BBC)
Why Florence Nightingale fans are angry the Crimean nurse is being commemorated (Mixed Race Studies)
Sculptor on his Mary Seacole statue (The Guardian)
The fight to celebrate great women in Britain's streets (BBC)
Watch more:
Mary Seacole and the Crimean War (Stuff You Missed in History Class)
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