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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (Kaplan Classics of Medicine) (Paperback)
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|Short Description for Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands"Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands" is the autobiography of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse who, like her contemporary Florence Nightingale, rose to fame for her bravery during the Crimean War. Unlike Nightingale, however, Seacole was confronted by racism at every turn of her career. Refused a post in Crimea because she was biracial, Seacole traveled to the front on her own, where s...
Full description- Publisher: Kaplan Trade
- Published: 06 January 2009
- Format: Paperback 240 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering | Memoirs | Black & Asian Studies | History Of Medicine | Nursing | European History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900 | Crimean War | Guidebooks
- ISBN 13: 9781607140542 ISBN 10: 1607140543
- Sales rank: 254,518
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Full description for Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
"Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands" is the autobiography of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse who, like her contemporary Florence Nightingale, rose to fame for her bravery during the Crimean War. Unlike Nightingale, however, Seacole was confronted by racism at every turn of her career. Refused a post in Crimea because she was biracial, Seacole traveled to the front on her own, where she set up her own clinic for wounded British soldiers. Told with energy, warmth, and humor, her remarkable life story offer significant insights into the history of nursing and race politics.
