Jennie Jacques Instagram – Mary Seacole writes her own book 📖 in 1857! #thewonderfuladventuresofmrsseacoleinmanylands For those who don’t know, Seacole is the lesser known Black British Nurse who worked around the same time (& long before!) Florence Nightingale – our Lady with the lamp 🪔 💥 Seacole was a mother (on the Crimean battlefield!) to many of our British 🇬🇧soldiers, officers, lieutenants during the war with Russia 🇷🇺 & in her hometown of Jamaica 🇯🇲Kingston too. Her warmth, humour, spirit & personality shine throughout. A Doctress, cook & savvy business woman; despite often finding herself bankrupt 🙄 largely due the fools who took advantage of her. But not once does Seacole play the victim. I LOVE 💗 her book! Angry 😡 I never learnt about this fabulous force of nature at school. I also never learnt about Nightingale. Believe it or not! But Seacole, unlike Nightingale, disappeared from society for years & years after death. Finally (with some ongoing support & fighting💥) she’s getting her long overdue recognition. A glorious statue has been erected outside St Thomas Hospital 🏥 facing the Big Ben 🕰️ – the creativity behind it is mind blowing! I read a couple of other books off the back of this which I also highly recommend #blackhistory Seacole has had to somewhat play up to her White Victorian reader of the time – at the height of British Imperialism during the 19th century when racial & gender prejudice was rife; withholding some of her true history/early life – perhaps to adhere to the digestive system of her Victorian audience 🤔 Further explained by @helenrappaport 📕 #insearchofmaryseacole – which is an absolute must read! Rappapprt is a fantastic historian with a captivating writing style drawing you in while remaining very easy to follow. For the fastest (yet still beautifully informative) read I suggest you pick up #twolivesflorencenightingaleandmaryseacole by Huntley. All 3 books 📚 are truly fascinating #bookrecommendations #bookreview