Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1157
Points per Word
0.000432
Description
Mary Seacole learnt about the healing powers of plants from her mother and devoted her life to caring for the sick. She became famous during the Crimean War, when she nursed wounded soldiers. She was one of the first true nurses in Victorian Britain.