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 ...

Mary Seacole lived more than 150 years ago and had ... Now, Mary and everything she did to care for soldiers, is much better known and appreciated.

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 ...