Mary Seacole — nurse and businesswoman

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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