Florence and Seacole Flashcards
when did Flo arrive in the Crimea
November 1854
she arrived the day before the battle of Inkerman on the 4th November
when did Seacole arrive in the Crimea
winter of 1854
she did have to spend time building her hotel which wasn’t ready until March 1855
what welcome did Florence get upon arrival
though her brief was only to take charge of nurses her forthright options brought her into conflict with Dr Menzies the senior medical officer art Scutari and Dr John Hall in charge of overall medical staff
- the current doctors took her presence as implied criticism and were resentful
- army doctors alienated by her single mindedness and a woman interfering in male domains
who was Mary Clayton and what did she say about Flo and Scutari
- senior nurse who arrived with another nursing team
- reported she found it a horrible place where no one trusted or spoke well of each other
how much did the Times campaign raise for Flo
£30,000 to buy medical supplies
what was the impact on Flo of the Aberdeen government falling
- Nightingale lost her friend and ally Herbert
- but Palmerston also her supporter
