MARY SEACOLE By emfema 1805 MARY WAS BORN 1836 Mary married a man called Edwin Seacole 1843 Blundell Hall burned down and had to be replaced 1844 THEIR HUSBAND DIED 1853 CRIMEAN WAR BEGAN 1854 MARY WANTED TO HELP Mary sailed to England to ask to be sent to Crimea, along with other nurses. Mary was turned away because she was Black. She used her own funds and sailed to Crimea. She opened a hospital called the 'British Hotel’. 2016 A statue of her was built in London
