A new episode of my other podcast, Calm History, is now available for everyone: “Florence Nightingale: Crimean War & Birth of Nursing”. The citizens of England began hearing about the poor care of their soldiers in military hospitals during the Crimean War. Florence Nightingale went to these hospitals and made long overdue changes that significantly inc ... Show More
Jun 7
Story Time | “King of the Polar Bears” by L Frank Baum (A163) | Whispered Bedtime Sleep Stories
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30m 56s
Sep 2023
84. A Tale of Two Nurses: Seacole & Nightingale
The Lady with the Lamp, the great nurse who forever changed public health for the better: Florence Nightingale lives large in the national consciousness. Mary Seacole, however, has been largely forgotten by history, even though she too played a significant role in the Crimean War ... Show More
54m 9s
May 2021
Mary Seacole, Revisited
For International Nurses Day, we're revisiting our coverage of Mary Seacole. While, technically, she wasn't a nurse, she was very much a brave medical caregiver, a "doctress," an entrepreneur, and one heck of a jam-maker who served those fighting at the front of the Crimean War ( ... Show More
1h 49m