She wrote a book about her experience called "Notes on Nursing" which became very popular in America. (3) Physicians and prominent members of volunteer relief groups in United States noted the success of the British Sanitary Commission and Florence Nightingale. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female physician in America saw the war "as a challenge to practitioners on medicine, sanitation and
There have been different views to who was the real angel of mercy, Florence Nightingale or Mary Seacole. In this answer I shall be comparing the two views and try and reach a verdict to who was considered as the real angel of mercy. Mary Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica, with a white Scottish officer and a free Jamaican Creole woman as parents. Her nursing abilities were acquired through her mother who was a Doctress. When she heard about soldiers in the Crimea were not being treated very well, she sought to find a way to the Crimean in order to put her nursing skills to good use.
After Nightingale came back to England from the Crimean War, she published two books, Notes on Hospital (1859) and Notes on Nursing (1859). With the support of wealthy friends and John Delane at The Times, Nightingale was able to raise £59,000 to improve the quality of nursing. In 1860, she used this money to found the Nightingale School & Home for Nurses at St. Thomas's Hospital. She also became involved in the training of nurses for employment in the workhouses that had been established as a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. This was a critical long term contribution to medicine as it helped professionalise nursing which was once associated with working class women.
Running head: SUSAN B. ANTHONY 1 Susan B. Anthony American Women’s Leader and Abolitionist Carolyn S. Okeefe Argosy Online University SUSAN B. ANTHONY 2 Abstract This essay explores the life of Susan Brownell Anthony and the accomplishments she fought for American women to have the right to vote and receive equal pay as men for the same type of work. Anthony fought for over 50 years advocating for the social and legal quality for women. Anthony co-founded the National Woman’s Suffrage Association with fellow feminist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Susan B. Anthony was an important symbol of equality. Her efforts of selfless dedication played a major role in the ratification of the 14th amendment of the United States Constitution giving women the right to vote in 1920.
It was at this time Clara Barton realized how much the U.S. would benefit by an organization such as IRC. Returning to the US in 1873, Barton spent many years preparing for the founding of the American Red Cross. Clara Barton was a pioneer in her generation and a model for nurses now to serve their community and mankind. Reference Anderson, A. (June 2009).
After that she went to England in 1906 to continue her education in social work. She got her master’s degree in 1907 from the University of Birmingham and London. Also Alice got her Ph.D. in 1912 from the University of Pennsylvania. While she was in England she faced a hard time but still managed to keep up her work in school and fight for what she thought was right, which started her journey and through some influences she joined the militant wing of the British suffrage movement. During her work in the British suffrage movement Alice participated in protest for equal rights for women.
Elizabeth Blackwell Changes the World by Mckenzie Murdock English 10th Mrs. Sharpe March 18, 2013 Elizabeth Blackwell Changes the World Thesis: Elizabeth Blackwell positively impacted the health and well being of women and children in the 19th century by becoming the first certified woman doctor, opening an infirmary in New York, and establishing a women’s medical school. I. Introduction II. First certified woman doctor A. Siblings died of disease and so she decided to be a doctor B. Women were typically not doctors C. Problems being admitted to medical school D. Graduated in 1849 III.
In 1917 Amelia traveled to Canada to visit her sister Muriel at school. While there, she met injured soldiers from World War I. This led her to forsake college in favor of nursing at a hospital for soldiers. It was during this time that Amelia first visited an airfield. In 1920 Amelia flew for the first time to Los Angeles to visit her parents.
Mary Seacole 1-Mary Jane Grant was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805. Her father was a Scottish soldier, and her mother a Jamaican that kept a boarding house for invalid soldiers. 2-Mary learned her nursing skills from her mother,and she looked after cholera patients. And later yellow fever epidemic victims. On her trips she complemented her knowledge of traditional medicine with European medical ideas.
Two of the important women in the civil war were, Clara Barton and Harriet Tubman. Clara work in the civil war began in April 1861. After the battle of Bull Run, She established an agency to obtain and distribute supplies to wounded soldiers. Later on she obtained permission to travel behind the lines, finally reaching some of the grimmest battlefields of the war and serving during the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond. Barton delivered aid to soldiers of both north and south.