From The Romans to Windrush

From The Romans to Windrush

Episode 5: Mary Seacole

From the Romans to Windrush: A podcast series about the lives and achievements of key figures of Black British History: presented by Simone Adams, a retired lawyer, lecturer, podcaster and former Morley College student.

The story of Mary Seacole, a Black heroine of the Crimean War and British nursing profession and Britain’s best known Black hero. A single parent black woman, whose bravery, courage and warmth, during a major 19th Century conflict, made her the darling of the British Army; a longstanding and positive symbol of the British Nursing profession; and one of the best-known black heroes in Black British history.

Sources:

• Mary Seacole, The Wonderful Adventures of Mary Seacole in Many Lands (1857). (Seacole’s autobiography) ISBN-10: 0140439021.
• Ron Ramdin, Mary Seacole ISBN-13 ‏: ‎ 978-1913368098
• Charlotte Guillain and Collins Big Cat, Brave Nurses: Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell: Band 10/White ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0007591244.
• Helen Rappaport, In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Cultural Icon ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1398504431