Web26 mrt. 2005 · Mary Seacole: the Charismatic Black Nurse Who Became a Heroine of the Crimea Jane Robinson. Constable and Robinson, 2005. Pp 233. £12·99. ISBN 1-84119 … Web9 jun. 2024 · Lies, damned lies and statistics’ has nothing on the campaign (overwhelmingly successful) to depict Jamaican businesswoman and Crimean War celebrity Mary Seacole as a medal-winning, daredevil battlefield nurse, who built a hotel, or a clinic, or a combined hotel and clinic, to nurse wounded soldiers (from battles she never saw) and later went …

Mary Seacole, la enfermera que bajó al campo de batalla

WebBorn in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1805, Mary Seacole was a British-Jamaican nurse who cared for injured soldiers during the Crimean war. She had to overcome prejudice due to being a woman of a mixed-race background. She is known as a war hero and nursing pioneer. This painting is featured in the National Portrait Gallery collection NPG 6856. david lewis clifford chance

Mary Seacole Nursed British soldiers during the …

WebBorn Mary Jane Grant, her mother was an herbal healer -- also known as a "doctress," which is what Seacole always called herself, instead of "nurse" Grew up helping her mother run their boarding house, often caring for wounded or sick British soldiers; Married Edwin Seacole in 1836; they had no children, and he died eight years later WebMary Jane Seacole (née Grant) (1805-1881), Jamaican nurse, adventurer and writer. Mary Seacole is best known for her nursing work in the Crimean War, but before these events … WebNPG 6856. Mary Seacole was born in 1805 in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Scottish father and a Jamaican mother. She acquired a knowledge of traditional Jamaican medicine from her … david lewis capital law