In Search of Mary Seacole by Helen Rappaport

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/29833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of Mary Seacole Author: Helen Rappaport Narrator: Helen Rappaport Format: mp3 Length: 13 hrs and 1 min Release date: 06-02-23 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Raised in Jamaica, Mary Seacole first came to England in the 1850s after working in Panama. She wanted to volunteer as a nurse and aide during the Crimean War. When her services were rejected, she financed her own expedition to Balaclava, where her reputation for her nursing—and for her compassion—became almost legendary. Popularly known as “Mother Seacole,” she was the most famous Black celebrity of her generation—an extraordinary achievement in Victorian Britain.