He accompanied the first troops to the Crimea, remaining for two years. A witness to key battles, she gives vivid accounts of how she coped with disease, bombardment and other hardships at the Crimean battlefront.
Many thanks for prompt service . Undaunted, Seacole set out independently to the Crimea where she acted as doctor and 'mother' to wounded soldiers while running her business, the 'British Hotel'. She's not without her flaws - at least from a modern perspective. Traveller, entrepreneur, healer and woman of colour, Mary Seacole is a singular and fascinating figure, overstepping all conventional boundaries. Please try again. Her work in the Crimea during the war earned her the Crimean medal and she played a crucial role in opening up the medical and nursing professions to women.
Jan Marsh, Independent It's hard to believe that this amazing adventure story is the true-life experience of a Jamaican woman - it would make a great film. Undaunted, Seacole set out independently to the Crimea where she acted as doctor and 'mother' to wounded soldiers while running her business, the 'British Hotel'. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2019.
Something went wrong. The book makes you feel as if you are in the thick of the adventurous life of Mother Seacole as well as the harshness of the Crimean war. She is currently working on a book about representations of 'brown' women in England and Jamaica from the eighteenth century to the present day. Having watched the TV programme about Mary Seacole I wanted to read the book. The image of her as a "pioneering nurse" is two-dimension.
These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. A witness to key battles, she gives vivid accounts of how she coped with disease, bombardment and other hardships at the Crimean battlefront. Mary Jane Seacole, OM (1805 – 14 May 1881), née Grant, was a Jamaican-born woman of Scottish and Creole descent who set up a'British Hotel' behind the lines during the Crimean War, which she described as "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers," and provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. These Kindle Books can only be redeemed by recipients in your country. Does this book contain inappropriate content? Mary Seacole spent much of her life on the front lines of the Crimean War, ministering to the wounded, caring for soldiers, and making her mark on the world of medicine.
Penguin; Annotated Edition (24 Feb. 2005), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2019. She was selfless and a true heroine and love everything British but as Salman Rushdie once said that she was looked over in favour of Florence Nightingale only because of the colour of her skin. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands: Penguin Classics.
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Her compassion for soldiers in Crimea is touching without being overly sentimental. I thoroughly enjoyed it but what happened to Mother Seacole after she came back from the Crimea is a life lesson in putting your own financial security before you put the security of others before yours. How can a republished diary of a great historical value be anything but good! W. H. Russell: William Howard Russell (1821–1907), special correspondent for The Times, widely regarded as one of the first, most important war reporters. Sara Salih is Assistant Professor in English at the University of Toronto.
The life of pioneering Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole gets its dramatic due in a sweeping and stunning biography.
What emerges from Mary Seacole's own account of her life is a far more interesting and admirable character than some of the more recent hagiographies have to offer.
What is interesting is the sense of history repeating itself, because Mother Seacole talks about issues such as racism and war in the Crimea; two thing that are still prevalent in 2015.
She never gives up.
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She is currently working on a book about representations of 'brown' women in England and Jamaica from the eighteenth century to the present day. I haven't finished it yet but I am enjoying it very much. A witness to key battles, she gives vivid accounts of how she coped with disease, bombardment and other hardships at the Crimean battlefront.
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She travelled to England in the 1850s after building her reputation as a nurse.
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She is the author of Judith Butler (Routledge 2002), and the editor, with Judith Butler, of The Judith Butler Reader (Blackwell, 2004). Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2015.
Her work in the Crimea during the war earned her the Crimean medal and she played a crucial role in opening up the medical and nursing professions to women. Undaunted, Seacole set out independently to the Crimea where she acted as doctor and mother' to wounded soldiers while running her business, the British Hotel'. --This text refers to the, The Extraordinary Life of Mary Seacole (Extraordinary Lives), The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave (Penguin Classics).
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"In her introduction to the very welcome Penguin edition, Sara Salih expertly analyses the rhetorical complexities of Seacole's book to explore the richness of her story.
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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. Before she'd even set foot in the Crimea she'd run a hotel in Panama, when it was one of the scariest, most crime-ridden places in the world.
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Of course, I had heard of Mary Seacole but only briefly in relation to her role in the Crimea. Traveller, entrepreneur, healer and woman of colour, Mary Seacole is a singular and fascinating figure, overstepping all conventional boundaries." Seacole's offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal.
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Cancel anytime. A historical record-albeit according to Mrs S.-of events in Panama and Crimea; descriptions of the shenanigans of British politicians over the Crimean War(Afghanistan comes to mind); and what shines through above all is the sheer guts of a black woman in a largely racist world. In her introduction to the very welcome Penguin edition, Sara Salih expertly analyses the rhetorical complexities of Seacole's book to explore the richness of her story.
She died in obscurity in England in 1881.
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Andrea Levy, Sunday Times. After 30 days, Audible costs CDN$14.95/month + applicable taxes, cancel any time, Unlimited access to Audible Original Podcasts. Seacole's offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal. Reading about her life in her own words really rounded out my picture of her and her background, her character and her resilience.
Well worth aa read.
Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant; 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a British-Jamaican businesswoman who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War.She described this as "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers", and provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences.
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Jan Marsh, Independent, "It's hard to believe that this amazing adventure story is the true-life experience of a Jamaican woman - it would make a great film."