TY  - BOOK
AU  - Naida Redgrave
AU  -  Aleeanna Harris, (ill.)
TI  - EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF MARY SEACOLE
SN  - 9780241372777
U1  - CS 920 
PY  - 2019////01/01
CY  - Great Britain
PB  - Penquin Random House
KW  - Mary Seacole- Biography
KW  - British nurse
KW  - Childrens Section- Biography
N1  - Mary seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combat the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost. From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary seacole led in this beautifully illustrated book with real-life stories, time lines and facts; Mary Jane Seacole was a British-Jamaican business woman and nurse 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
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