Mary Seacole begins by telling of her early life in Jamaica and how her mother, a famous healer, taught her all her healing skills. Then, in 1854, when war broke out in the Crimea, Mary travelled ...

(A famous nurse who organised help for soldiers during the Crimean War.) During watching - one question to focus on: ‘What obstacles did Mary Seacole overcome to serve in the Crimean War?

IF black pioneering nurse Mary Seacole was alive today she would probably be in action ... She was refused and so funded herself, setting up what became known as the “British hotel” where she fed and ...