jan 1, 1854 - Mary Seacole

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Mary Seacole was a Jamaican nurse who also had a significant role in nursing during the Crimean War. In 1854, Seacole came to England to volunteer as a nurse in the Crimean war. She was rejected (probably on racist grounds), but went anyway, paying for her own passage. Financing herself by selling goods to the soldiers and travellers, she nursed soldiers on the battlefields and built the British Hotel - a small group of makeshift buildings that served as a hospital, shop and canteen for soldiers.
After the war, Seacole could not find work as a nurse in England and went bankrupt - however, she did receive support due to the press interest in her story.

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