But she's a woman and a Jew with one leg shorter than the other. In fact, I had two, because after I got sick, I had a home tutor to take me through History GCSE - it struck me as the most practical thing I could study on my own, without any equipment, the need for group discussion or oral or practical work (illness really took a hatchet to whatever part of my brain handled maths - otherwise I would have done that).Like Miss Piggy, I'm very sorry History GCSE wasn't an option.
I’m sure that I’ll be inspired even more today to write part 2 of this post!

What is it about Florence Nightingale - a figure not without her own controversies - that means that every one of us knew who she was before we left primary school and I only heard of Mary Seacole about ten years ago? I'd just like to say that I adore this blog, by the way.

Marveled exceedingly at the yellow woman') gives way to striking use of pathos and melodrama. Mary Seacole truly inspires me and so many others. And yes, it does matter that she is a black woman. Now, I know all this through bits and pieces I've picked up in books, TV and radio programmes, none of which were specifically about Nelson. 0 Read more. Did her marginalised identities mean that she had nobody in her life trying to control her?

However, I don't know what they did for GCSE at that time because we weren't offered it - Stitch left the school quietly at the end of my year 9, and wasn't replaced.

Apparently, she wrote an autobiography - the very first by a black woman in the UK - which some consider to be something of a fiction. This website makes use of cookies to enhance browsing experience and provide additional functionality. Black History Month PowerPoint for KS2 primary assemblies on Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Mary Seacole, Rosa Parks, Obama, Usain Bolt, Oprah, Hamilton, Naomi Campbell, Moira Stuart, Trevor McDonald, Diane Abbott and Black Lives Matter

Diary of a Goldfish Monday, January 07, 2013. The home of quality resources made by practising teachers and writing moderators. Mary Seacole did not give us very much detail about her own remedies in her autobiography The Wonderful Adventures of Mary Seacole in Many Lands.

And, through what little knowledge I have of the Fens, I do know that this stuff touches on important and current issues, such as immigration (it was mostly Dutch labourers - experts in drainage - who did this work for us), the environment and environmental technology. Our history teacher (Elizabeth "Stitch" Wallace) was Scottish and very old-fashioned as far as discipline was concerned, but had quite a progressive view of the world as far as equality and human rights (everywhere except our school) was concerned. If accepted, we will make your resource and aim to get it back to you within 21 working days! Learn how your comment data is processed.

The right have been gunning for Mary Seacole since she first started getting talked about in the media and in school textbooks. This bundle contains 3 week-long literacy units aimed at year 2. Was it possible that American prejudices against colour had some root here? I suspect that Mary Seacole is more useful to study than Nelson - and kids will learn about Nelson anyway. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account.

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The Sessions: Discussing Disability & Sex Work. Is Seacole overrated because we are desperate for a heroic black woman in this part of our history? Born in slave-era Jamaica to a white Scottish father and free black Jamaican mother, she had learned folk medicine as a child, and in 1854 she travelled to England to help in the war effort. ( Log Out /  Nelson had a famous extra-marital affair with Emma Hamilton who, in terms of truly remarkable life stories which tell us much about the age they lived in, trumps Nelson's any day. When I was at school, we didn't hear about Mary Seacole.

Mary Seacole (1805-1881), the daughter of a white Scottish officer in the British army and a Jamaican woman, has often been described as the black Florence Nightingale, another nurse who came to public attention after reports of her selflessness in helping wounded soldiers during the Crimean War (1853-1856) started to circulate.

Her mother was a nurse and a healer, using many herbal remedies to treat her patients. Mary Seacole was a freelance nurse who worked in the Crimean War, caring for wounded British soldiers.

To understand the nature of history itself, how is it is recorded, revised and understood (as well as hidden, twisted and misunderstood).

After the war she returned to England ill and penniless. A model diary entry inspired by the life of Mary Seacole. Her autobiography, which she wrote after becoming bankrupt following the end of the Crimea war, was the first to be wholly authored by a black woman in England.

When she published her autobiography in 1857, the Observer immediately printed an extract, expressing the “special claims of interest” that she held for the paper.
Once again I tried, and had an interview this time with one of Miss Nightingale's companions. on Mary Seacole Inspires Me! Year 1/2 – Model Text – Diary Entry – Mary Seacole. What's in the Package Feeling that I was one of the very women they most wanted, experienced and fond of the work, I jumped at once to the conclusion that they would gladly enrol me in their number. Her name was Mary Seacole. As a nurse leader of a similar background, I endeavour to live a life that honours her works and inspires others to consider nursing as a profession.

She gave me the same reply, and I read in her face the fact, that had there been a vacancy, I should not have been chosen to fill it.

It's also largely free of sentiment or references to ethnicity. It was, of course, extremely commonplace for sailors to be disabled at this time, whilst still being able (and expected) to continue sailing and fighting. The book was a huge hit, selling out its first run and being reprinted in 1858.

The press highlighted her plight. Mary Seacole vs. Admiral Lord Nelson When I was at school, we didn't hear about Mary Seacole. I dare say that I was a strange sight to the few passers-by, who hastened homeward through the gloom and mist of that wintry night. Please leave Your email so we can contact You after your issues has been resolved, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Year 1/2 – Florence Nightingale Creative Writing Resource Pack, Year 1/2 History – Famous People – Introduction to Florence Nightingale, Year 1/2 History – Florence Nightingale Fact File, Year 2 – Model Text – Postcard – Florence Nightingale.

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But history is about asking questions.

Their attitude seemed to be that, as we had forgotten about her all that time, we must have had an ulterior motive for remembering her all of a sudden and that reason must be just because she was black, not because she really did anything of significance. Today, the statue of Mary Seacole stands opposite the Houses of Parliament on the grounds of St Thomas’ Hospital.

But when it comes to Seacole, pretty much all I have is questions. A good night's rest had served to strengthen my determination. Coming from a tradition of Jamaican and West African "doctresses", Seacole displayed "compassion, s… Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Not put off by rejections from the authorities, Seacole paid from her own pocket for her own voyage to the Crimea.

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When we came across a woman, any woman at all, I paid attention.

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Let what might happen, to the Crimea I would go. Linked resources: Year 1/2 – Florence Nightingale Creative Writing Resource Pack. What about William II, Edward II, Richard I, James VI and I, Disraeli, Shakespeare (bi) (keen on writing about cross dressing), Oscar Wilde, EM Forster, Tennyson, Houseman, all sorts of Greeks and Romans?Janet. Follow me on Twitter: @McIntoshNichole

What was the Crimean War even about?

This is an age where disability is conceived in a completely different way to the 21st century and in some respects (not all, but some) the position of disabled people was better then it would be for most of the next two centuries.

I wonder if she had cancer or something, or if she had decided to quietly leave because the violent behaviour she displayed to pre-pubescent boys wouldn't be tolerated by bigger boys. Similarly, the fact that his final words were a request for a kiss from his male friend.