Mary Seacole — nurse and businesswoman
- Creator(s):
- Seacole, Mary
- Title:
- Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
- Publication/Origin:
- London: James Blackwood, 1857
- Description:
- Nurse and businesswoman Mary Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1805 to a Scottish officer in the British Army and a free Jamaican woman. In Seacole’s autobiographical Wonderful Adventures, she relates her extensive travel and medical contributions, including her work as a nurse during the Crimean War. She had applied to participate in wartime initiatives, including joining a group of nurses organized by Florence Nightingale, but was rejected. Instead, she and a business partner gathered their own supplies, booked passage on a Dutch ship, and established quarters for sick officers between Balaclava and Sevastopol.
- Citation:
- Seacole, Mary, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, London: James Blackwood, 1857, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed March 29, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4155