Summary

The remarkable, previously untold story of a Black nurse, Sarah Woodbine, in Victorian Britain.

The remarkable, previously untold story of a Black nurse, Sarah Woodbine, in Victorian Britain. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentine in 1871, Sarah travelled to England as a teenager with the express intention of training to be a nurse. She achieved her objective but experienced prejudice and opposition because of the colour of her skin along the way. The authors have pieced together the story of her time in England and established how she, a British citizen, came to be living in Argentina. Sarah's story demonstrates the presence of Black nurses in Britain long before the founding of the NHS and is a valuable addition to our knowledge of late-Victorian Britain. [Source: publisher's website].