Mary jane seacole

MARY SEACOLE

By emfema

  • MARY WAS BORN

  • Mary married a man called Edwin Seacole

  • Blundell Hall burned down and had to be replaced

  • THEIR HUSBAND DIED

  • CRIMEAN WAR BEGAN

  • 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’.

  • A statue of her was built in London