Nurse

Nursing

Mary Seacole

 (1805 –May 14, 1881)

Jamaican

She acquired knowledge of herbal medicine in the Caribbean.

 

Mary Seacole

[Only known photograph of Mary Seacole (1805-1881), taken c.1873 by Maull & Company in London by an unknown
photographer (who probably died before 1936), Public Domain, via Wikipedia Commons]

 

– – – Books – – –

Buss, Julia. 2011. Black Nightingale: Mary Seacole, Hero of the Crimean War. [Place of publication not identified]: The author.

Innes, Catherine Lynette. 2002. A History of Black And Asian Writing in Britain, 1700-2000. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Page, Yolanda Williams. n.d. Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood.


– – – Websites – – –

Gander, Kashmira. “Mary Seacole Statue: Why Florence Nightingale Fans are Angry The Crimean War Nurse is Being Commemorated,” Independent, June 24, 2016.

Mary Seacole (1805-81) – Science Museum Brought to Life  

Mary Seacole: Jamaican nurse – Encyclopædia Britannica

Mary Seacole (1805 – 1881) – BBC [History]

Seaton, Helen J. “Another Florence Nightingale? The Rediscovery of Mary Seacole,” The Victorian Web

Mary Seacole – Wikipedia


– – – Videos – – –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obY-ESNXr3U

Mary Seacole, a Nurse and Heroine – [Min: 8:56]

Mary Seacole statue unveiled in London – [Min: 1:54]

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