Most people talk about Florence Nightingale today, but what about Mary Seacol?
Explore historial narratives to decolonise nursing
Decolonising nursing begins with a history lesson.
In the 1850s, two brilliant women provided nursing care for British soldiers on the frontlines of the Crimean War. The one was a white woman from an affluent background, while the other was a black woman of Jamaican-Scottish descent...
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