Gender by Kate McGowan https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4 Mary Seacole 1 en-us 2016-11-24 17:22:51 UTC 2025-10-25 03:22:17 UTC hello@padlet.com gender https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141334648 interesting how she refers to herself as the 'motherly yellow woman' whilst describing and downplaying her 'strong mindedness'. It seems she struggles with her own identity, and whether her desire to be feminine can coexist with her robust personality ]]> 2016-12-02 10:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141334648 https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141335419 refers to herself as 'one of an impulsive people' and describes how it is difficult for her to restrain this side of her. with this, she also separates herself from other women by saying to the reader 'as you can'. it seems she wants to be seen as feminine but her nature does not correspond with this ]]> 2016-12-02 10:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141335419 She is both an insider and an outsider as she refers to and portrays herself as Scottish, but doesn't mention her Jamaican slaves, which could suggest her intentions to her preferred reader. https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141335447 2016-12-02 10:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141335447 Florence nightingale projects a similar view to the one that mary seacole is in her book . Florence says "why should we laugh if we were to see a parcel of men sitting round a drawing room table in the morning, and think it all right if they were women" . This is interesting as although she is of a different https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141336117 2016-12-02 10:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141336117 https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141336374 'With very indignified and unladylike haste' - even when she is in a war zone with her life at risk, her mind is still cast upon her femininity and whether or not she is appearing womanly enough ]]> 2016-12-02 10:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141336374 https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141336579 soldiers referring to her as 'mother' gives an interesting insight into how men viewed women. the role of a mother is quite demanding and all encompassing, yet she takes this label on whole heartedly ]]> 2016-12-02 10:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141336579 https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141336897 'Hope that the old lady was neither hit nor frightened' - refers to herself as an old lady who may be frightened, when her age hardly seems like a factor and she is the opposite of frightened (seemingly) ]]> 2016-12-02 10:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141336897 https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141337873 In seacole book she says about nightingale" that English woman whose name shall never die, but sound like music on the lips of British men in the hour of doom" this is interesting as seacole understand that she is not seen as an English woman even though she has served the same rights to be  ]]> 2016-12-02 10:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141337873 https://padlet.com/katemcgw/2g07fqimnt4/wish/141339979 Although considered a pioneer within feminism and women's rights, it is important to note that Mary Seacole clearly suffered from internalised misogyny and had very strict set ideals about how women should be. Seacole rejected the idea of women wearing trousers and taking on certain roles of men. It is clear that, despite being a strong female figure, she still struggled with the expectations of femininity from both men and other women, and projected that back out onto other women. She was also very apologetic and careful about how she was presented as a feminine woman, and didn't want to step out of the boundaries she had learned.

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