Mary Seacole (born 1805, Kingston, Jamaica—died May 14, 1881, London, England) was a Jamaican businesswoman who provided sustenance and care for British soldiers at the battlefront during the Crimean War. Her father was a Scottish soldier, and her mother was a free black Jamaican woman and "doctress" skilled in traditional medicine who ...
Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole was a daring adventurer of the 19th century. A Jamaican woman of mixed race, she was awarded the Order of Merit posthumously by the government of Jamaica and celebrated as a " Black Briton" in the United Kingdom. Seacole authored a book based on her travels in Panama—where she ran a store for men going overland to the California Gold Rush —and her experiences in the ...
Mary Seacole
Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant; [1] [2] [3] 23 November 1805 - 14 May 1881) was a British nurse and businesswoman.. Seacole was born to a Creole mother in Kingston who ran a boarding house and had herbalist skills as a "doctress". [4] In 1990, Seacole was (posthumously) awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.In 2004, she was voted the greatest black Briton in a survey conducted in 2003 by the ...
Mary Seacole: Life, Facts, Legacy, Contribution To Nursing
When Mary Seacole died in 1881, her celebrity died with her. But now she's back, with a statue standing proudly outside St Thomas' Hospital in London, and she's regained the charisma of her Crimean heyday. Naturally, she's a role model for nurses who recognise the holistic power of skill, compassion and good humour.
Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole. 23 November 1805 - 14 May 1881. British-Jamaican nurse responsible for nursing hundreds of British soldiers back to health during the Crimean War. By Karina Shah. The only known ...
Read Mary's Story
Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica more than 200 years ago. This was during the period when many black people in the Caribbean were forced to work as slaves. ... Travel begins. By 1818, aged 12, Mary helped run the boarding house, where many of the guests were sick or injured soldiers. Three years later, she travelled to England with relatives ...
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In 1854, Seacole travelled to England again, and approached the War Office, asking to be sent as an army nurse to the Crimea where there was known to be poor medical facilities for wounded ...
Biography of Mary Seacole, Nurse and War Hero
In 1854, Seacole visited England, where she asked the War Office to fund a trip for her to go to Crimea. The territory lacked quality facilities for injured soldiers, so she wanted to travel there to give them the care she felt they deserved, but the War Office refused her request.
Who was Mary Seacole?
A portrait of Mary Seacole. Mary Seacole was British-Jamaican, born in 1805. Her mother was a free Jamaican, her father a soldier in the British Army. Mary grew up in her mother's hotel in ...
Famous Victorians: Mary Seacole
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 ...
The wonderful adventures of Mrs Seacole in many lands
Mary's autobiography, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, was published a few short years later. The first autobiography written by a black woman in Britain, the book detailed 39 years of Mary's life, from her childhood in Jamaica to her experiences in Crimea. Following her death in 1881, Seacole once again faded into obscurity.
Mary Seacole: an epic life
Seacole learned from her mother and became an accomplished doctress and sutler, in Jamaica, then Panama (New Grenada), and later the Crimea. She married in 1836 and was widowed in 1844. Her mother's death came soon after her husband's, and from that point on, Seacole remained unmarried and independent, indulging her desire for travel and adventure.
Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and the Crimean War:
In 1854 Mary Seacole arrived in London. Like Florence Nightingale, she wanted to help out in the Crimean War. The British Government would not take her on as a hospital nurse there - some say they rejected her because of her colour. Others report that she applied too late - after the nurses had already set off to Crimea.
A Historian's Quest to Unravel the Secrets of Mary Seacole, an
Events would soon show, however, that one very determined Mary Seacole was most definitely on a 3,000-mile journey from England all the way to the Black Sea, although there would be no "hotel ...
Mary Seacole: Disease and Care of the Wounded, from Jamaica to the Crimea
Mary Seacole's failed endeavors to deploy with Nightingale's contingent of nurses may have been the result of racial prejudice. Undetered, Seacole possessed the necessary requirements to practice nursing, ultimately creating a legacy of care for the diseased and wounded in the Crimea, the first theater of modern warfare.
Mary Seacole
She became quite well known in the Crimea and back in England. Her autobiography, The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, was published in 1857 and was very popular for a while. Then Mrs. Seacole faded from public attention for almost 100 years. In the 1970's Mrs. Seacole was rediscovered and has become a symbol for Black nurses ...
Mary Seacole and the Crimean War
By the time the Crimean War broke out in 1853, Mary already had extensive experience of nursing, having cared for the sick during cholera and yellow fever epidemics. Mary Seacole travelled from Jamaica to England to offer her services in the Crimea. She was refused a place as an army nurse so funded her own trip to the Crimea, located in modern ...
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Seacole's work as a nurse was nearly as celebrated as Florence Nightingale's, and the newspapers wrote that each woman was "The Mother of the Army." Florence Nightingale was called "The Lady with the Lamp," while Mary Seacole was "The Creole with the Tea Mug." Seacole's business thrived after the fall of Sevastopol.
Mary Seacole
Summary: Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica in 1805. She travelled to the Crimea during the Crimean War and set up the 'British Hotel' offering food and supplies to British soldiers, many of whom ...
The Invitation That Never Came: Mary Seacole After the Crimea
Helen Rappaport on Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale and the Post-Crimean War reputation of the woman recently voted 'greatest black Briton': Mary Seacole. In the summer of 1856, after the last British troops had made their weary journey home from the Crimea at the end of hostilities, there were numerous public celebrations to mark the ...
Mary Seacole Facts for Kids
Mary Seacole Facts. Full name: Mary Jane Grant. Born: 1805. Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica. Occupation: Nurse and business woman. Died: 14 May 1881. Best known for: Her work in helping the sick and wounded - particularly during the Crimean War. Also known as: Mother Seacole.
Thomas Day and the establishment of the British Hotel, aka 'Mrs Seacole
Margrave, T. (2015) 'How and when did Mary Seacole get to the Crimea'. The War Correspondent, 32, 2, 13-9. Rappaport, H. (2007) No Place for Ladies. London: Arum Press. Robins, C (2011), 'Myths Relating to Mary Seacole and her Work in the Crimean War', Journal of the Society of Army Historical Research,84, 90-1.
Mary Seacole's impact on healthcare
Mary Seacole's attempts to travel to the Crimea The Crimean War broke out in 1853 . It was a conflict between the United Kingdom, France, Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire against Russia.
Statue honouring Black nurse Mary Seacole vandalised in 'racially
A statue honouring Jamaican-born Black nurse, Mary Seacole, outside St. Thomas' Hospital in south London, was vandalised on Tuesday 13 August. Footage shows orange and red paint covering the ...
Mary Seacole statue at St Thomas's Hospital vandalised
"Mary Seacole's high profile position, overlooking the Houses of Parliament, is a constant reminder of the contribution of our black colleagues, past and present, both to the NHS and wider ...
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Mary Seacole (born 1805, Kingston, Jamaica—died May 14, 1881, London, England) was a Jamaican businesswoman who provided sustenance and care for British soldiers at the battlefront during the Crimean War. Her father was a Scottish soldier, and her mother was a free black Jamaican woman and "doctress" skilled in traditional medicine who ...
Mary Seacole was a daring adventurer of the 19th century. A Jamaican woman of mixed race, she was awarded the Order of Merit posthumously by the government of Jamaica and celebrated as a " Black Briton" in the United Kingdom. Seacole authored a book based on her travels in Panama—where she ran a store for men going overland to the California Gold Rush —and her experiences in the ...
Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant; [1] [2] [3] 23 November 1805 - 14 May 1881) was a British nurse and businesswoman.. Seacole was born to a Creole mother in Kingston who ran a boarding house and had herbalist skills as a "doctress". [4] In 1990, Seacole was (posthumously) awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.In 2004, she was voted the greatest black Briton in a survey conducted in 2003 by the ...
When Mary Seacole died in 1881, her celebrity died with her. But now she's back, with a statue standing proudly outside St Thomas' Hospital in London, and she's regained the charisma of her Crimean heyday. Naturally, she's a role model for nurses who recognise the holistic power of skill, compassion and good humour.
Mary Seacole. 23 November 1805 - 14 May 1881. British-Jamaican nurse responsible for nursing hundreds of British soldiers back to health during the Crimean War. By Karina Shah. The only known ...
Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica more than 200 years ago. This was during the period when many black people in the Caribbean were forced to work as slaves. ... Travel begins. By 1818, aged 12, Mary helped run the boarding house, where many of the guests were sick or injured soldiers. Three years later, she travelled to England with relatives ...
In 1854, Seacole travelled to England again, and approached the War Office, asking to be sent as an army nurse to the Crimea where there was known to be poor medical facilities for wounded ...
In 1854, Seacole visited England, where she asked the War Office to fund a trip for her to go to Crimea. The territory lacked quality facilities for injured soldiers, so she wanted to travel there to give them the care she felt they deserved, but the War Office refused her request.
A portrait of Mary Seacole. Mary Seacole was British-Jamaican, born in 1805. Her mother was a free Jamaican, her father a soldier in the British Army. Mary grew up in her mother's hotel in ...
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's autobiography, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, was published a few short years later. The first autobiography written by a black woman in Britain, the book detailed 39 years of Mary's life, from her childhood in Jamaica to her experiences in Crimea. Following her death in 1881, Seacole once again faded into obscurity.
Seacole learned from her mother and became an accomplished doctress and sutler, in Jamaica, then Panama (New Grenada), and later the Crimea. She married in 1836 and was widowed in 1844. Her mother's death came soon after her husband's, and from that point on, Seacole remained unmarried and independent, indulging her desire for travel and adventure.
In 1854 Mary Seacole arrived in London. Like Florence Nightingale, she wanted to help out in the Crimean War. The British Government would not take her on as a hospital nurse there - some say they rejected her because of her colour. Others report that she applied too late - after the nurses had already set off to Crimea.
Events would soon show, however, that one very determined Mary Seacole was most definitely on a 3,000-mile journey from England all the way to the Black Sea, although there would be no "hotel ...
Mary Seacole's failed endeavors to deploy with Nightingale's contingent of nurses may have been the result of racial prejudice. Undetered, Seacole possessed the necessary requirements to practice nursing, ultimately creating a legacy of care for the diseased and wounded in the Crimea, the first theater of modern warfare.
She became quite well known in the Crimea and back in England. Her autobiography, The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, was published in 1857 and was very popular for a while. Then Mrs. Seacole faded from public attention for almost 100 years. In the 1970's Mrs. Seacole was rediscovered and has become a symbol for Black nurses ...
By the time the Crimean War broke out in 1853, Mary already had extensive experience of nursing, having cared for the sick during cholera and yellow fever epidemics. Mary Seacole travelled from Jamaica to England to offer her services in the Crimea. She was refused a place as an army nurse so funded her own trip to the Crimea, located in modern ...
Seacole's work as a nurse was nearly as celebrated as Florence Nightingale's, and the newspapers wrote that each woman was "The Mother of the Army." Florence Nightingale was called "The Lady with the Lamp," while Mary Seacole was "The Creole with the Tea Mug." Seacole's business thrived after the fall of Sevastopol.
Summary: Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica in 1805. She travelled to the Crimea during the Crimean War and set up the 'British Hotel' offering food and supplies to British soldiers, many of whom ...
Helen Rappaport on Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale and the Post-Crimean War reputation of the woman recently voted 'greatest black Briton': Mary Seacole. In the summer of 1856, after the last British troops had made their weary journey home from the Crimea at the end of hostilities, there were numerous public celebrations to mark the ...
Mary Seacole Facts. Full name: Mary Jane Grant. Born: 1805. Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica. Occupation: Nurse and business woman. Died: 14 May 1881. Best known for: Her work in helping the sick and wounded - particularly during the Crimean War. Also known as: Mother Seacole.
Margrave, T. (2015) 'How and when did Mary Seacole get to the Crimea'. The War Correspondent, 32, 2, 13-9. Rappaport, H. (2007) No Place for Ladies. London: Arum Press. Robins, C (2011), 'Myths Relating to Mary Seacole and her Work in the Crimean War', Journal of the Society of Army Historical Research,84, 90-1.
Mary Seacole's attempts to travel to the Crimea The Crimean War broke out in 1853 . It was a conflict between the United Kingdom, France, Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire against Russia.
A statue honouring Jamaican-born Black nurse, Mary Seacole, outside St. Thomas' Hospital in south London, was vandalised on Tuesday 13 August. Footage shows orange and red paint covering the ...
"Mary Seacole's high profile position, overlooking the Houses of Parliament, is a constant reminder of the contribution of our black colleagues, past and present, both to the NHS and wider ...