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Sheryl Webster
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute…
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Lynn McDonald
Mary Seacole: The Making of the Myth is the first book to challenge the popular misconceptions that surround Mary Seacole’s iconic status as a pioneer nurse and battlefield heroine, intended…
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Mary Seacole
The first autobiography written by a British black woman.
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Written in 1857, this autobiography of Mary Seacole is a book you will not want to put it down. Mary's life had intention, bravery, and persistence. During the Crimean War…
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Ron Ramdin
Ron Ramdin tells the remarkable story of a woman celebrated today as a pioneering nurse. A short and readable biography aiming at students and the general reader alike.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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An unsung heroine of the Crimean War The flickering light that emanated from Florence Nightingale’s lamp penetrated more darkness than she or anyone else of her time will have imagined…
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivaled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole traveled widely before arriving in…
Mrs Seacole, a free-born Jamaican daughter of a Scottish army officer and a free black woman, recounts her childhood, her years as a storekeeper in a Central American frontier town…
Seacole was born in Jamaica, learning traditional African herbal medicine from her mother and incorporating European treatments. She journeyed to England at the start of the Crimean war to volunteer…
The memoirs of a Jamaican nurse, famed for her work among the sick and wounded of the Crimean War, offer the unique perspective of a Victorian-era black woman at a…
"Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands," penned by Mary Seacole, is a captivating autobiography that recounts the remarkable life and experiences of this Jamaican-born nurse, healer, and businesswoman…
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1857) is one of the earliest autobiographies of a mixed-race woman. In her autobiography, Seacole records her bloodline thus: I am a…
In der Hoffnung, bei Ausbruch des Krimkriegs bei der Pflege der Verwundeten helfen zu koennen, beantragte die in Jamaika geborene Kreolin Mary Seacole beim Kriegsministerium, in das Krankenpflegekontingent aufgenommen zu…
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Susan Goldman Rubin
A sweeping and stunning biography of a pioneering Jamaican nurse
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Naida Redgrave
A bold new non-fiction series for 7+ readers focusing on the lives of inspirational historical and modern figures.
Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean…
Cleo Sylvestre
In this acclaimed one-woman play, the true story of Mary Seacole is brought vibrantly to life, revealing how this fearless medical practitioner used traditional remedies to treat the sick and…
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Trish Cooke
Mary is a brave nurse. When a war starts in the Crimea she sails across the sea to help, and even enters the battlefield! Hopscotch Histories are brand new stories…
Helen Rappaport
An in-depth biography of Mary Seacole that unveils the truth about her remarkable achievements and debunks the many myths about her life
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Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale’s during the Crimean War. Seacole travelled widely before eventually arriving in London, where her…
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From New York Times bestselling author Helen Rappaport comes a superb and revealing biography of Mary Seacole that is testament to her remarkable achievements and corrective to the myths that…
Charlotte Guillain
Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell risked their lives to look after the wounded and the dying. They…
Jane Robinson
The ‘Greatest Black Briton in History’ triumphed over the Crimea and Victorian England. She became an independent ‘doctress’ combining the herbal remedies of her African ancestry with sound surgical techniques…
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First published in 1857, this autobiographical work by the Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole (1805-81) is reissued here in its 1858 printing. It covers her varied and colourful career, most notably…
