Black History Month Screening: 'The Wonderful Lives of ...'
Schedule
Tue Oct 22 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Little Elborow Street,Rugby,CV21 3BZ,GB | Rugby, EN
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Celebrate Black History Month with us at Rugby Library and watch 'The Wonderful Lives of Mary Seacole and Dame Elizabeth' on our big screen.Join us at Rugby Library to watch 'The Wonderful Lives of Mary Seacole and Dame Elizabeth Anionwu', originally livestreamed from the British Library on 26th October 2020.
Emeritus nursing professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu grew up in care and went on to be named one of the most influential nurses in the history of the NHS. Her career was distinguished by her pioneering work in the understanding of sickle cell disease. Following her retirement she spent nine years fundraising and campaigning for a statue to Mary Seacole.
Mary Seacole (1805 – 1881) was a British-Jamaican entrepreneur and nurse whose adventures are related in one of the earliest autobiographies by a mixed-heritage woman. The statue, unveiled in 2016, was the UK’s first statue to represent a named black woman. Elizabeth will be discussing her and Seacole’s lives in this conversation with journalist and broadcaster Shyama Perera.
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