The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
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Mary Seacoleová byla inovativní žena, která se prosadila navzdory rasovému předsudku. Během Krymské války založila „Britský hotel“ v zázemí, který poskytoval pohodlné ubytování pro zraněné důstojníky a pomáhala přímo na bitevním poli. Získala hluboké znalosti o bylinné medicíně v Karibiku a tuto moudrost využívala k péči o raněné vojáky. Její neúnavná oddanost a odvaha z ní učinily inspirativní postavu, jejíž odkaz přetrvává.


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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.