{"product_id":"mary-seacole-9781913368098","title":"Mary Seacole","description":"\u003cb\u003eBiography of Mary Seacole, a pioneering nineteenth-century British-Jamaican nurse.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mary Seacole's remarkable life began in Jamaica, where she was born a free person, the daughter of a black mother and white Scottish army officer. Ron Ramdin--who, like Seacole, was born in the Caribbean and emigrated to the United Kingdom--tells the remarkable story of this woman, celebrated today as a pioneering nurse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Refused permission to serve as an army nurse, Seacole took the remarkable step of funding her own journey to the Crimean battlefront, and there, in the face of sometimes harsh opposition, she established a hotel for wounded British soldiers. Unlike Florence Nightingale--whose exploits saw her venerated as the \"lady with the lamp\" for generations afterward--Seacole cared for soldiers perilously close to the fighting. As Ramdin shows in this biography, Seacole's time in Crimea, for which she is best known, was only the pinnacle of a life of adventure and travel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haus Pub.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913368098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190","brand":"Ron Ramdin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40240069017781,"sku":"9781913368098","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_67b0ed9d-5604-4001-b7f5-9072ef567f32.jpg?v=1623727791","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mary-seacole-9781913368098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}