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Mary Seacole: The Black Woman Who Invented Modern Nursing
Mary Seacole The Black Woman Who Invented Modern Nursing
Author: Jane Robinson
She was a black woman, and she flouted convention. In an age that put ladies in the parlor and preferred them to be seen and not heard, she was nursing the British wounded, not in hospital wards with Florence Nightingale but on the Crimean battlefields-and off them, she was running a restaurant and hotel. She purveyed homemade pickles in England...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786714148
ISBN-10: 078671414X
Publication Date: 10/29/2004
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Carroll Graf
Book Type: Hardcover
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