Crimean War Nursing

What is it about?

The paper describes how historians have described the nursing role of Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and the Irish Sisters of Mercy during the Crimean War. The paper argues that in the case of the first two each has been praised in detriment to the other and this praise reflects changing social preoccupations in British society. The paper further argues that historians have chosen to ignore the role of the Irish sisters and continue to do so because they are Irish and Catholic

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