Along with Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole (born Jamaica, 1805) was a pioneering nurse & a heroine of the Crimean War. Her great work went unrecognised for almost a century after her death. The War Office declined her request to be sent to the Crimea as a war nurse, so she funded the trip herself & founded the ‘British Hotel’ to help look after sick & wounded soldiers. Her autobiog. (1857) was the 1st written by a black woman in Britain
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@Maggie @sbwright there’s a great podcast episode on ‘you’re dead to me’ on her - worth a listen https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b2bjb6
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Many, many thanks for sharing this fantastic podcast 
. It's funny, informative & wonderfully describes Mary Seacole 's very admirable & inspiring life.
I've got to share it & hope lots more ppl./ kids listen who haven't already heard it.
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