The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
- 224pages
- 8 heures de lecture
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Mary Seacole fut une femme innovante qui traça sa voie malgré les préjugés raciaux. Pendant la guerre de Crimée, elle établit un "British Hotel" derrière les lignes, offrant un logement confortable aux officiers convalescents et apportant des secours aux blessés directement sur le champ de bataille. Elle possédait une connaissance approfondie de la médecine à base de plantes, acquise dans les Caraïbes, qu'elle appliqua dans ses soins dévoués aux militaires. Ses efforts inlassables et son courage en firent une figure célébrée, surmontant l'adversité avec une remarquable résilience.


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Written in 1857, 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 London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war was met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, she set out independently to the Crimea, where she acted as doctor and “mother” to wounded soldiers while running her business, the “British Hotel.” Told with energy, warmth, and humor, her remarkable life story and accounts of hardships at the battlefront offer significant insights into the history of race politics.