The final design for a statue of Mary Seacole, the Jamaican-born nurse famed for her work during the Crimean War, has been chosen. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, ...

Mary Seacole was an Afro-Caribbean nurse who served in the Crimean War (1853 to 1856) as what the Appeal has come to describe as Britain’s first battlefield nurse. She was one of the first black women ...

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In 1854, Jamaican-Scottish nurse Mary Seacole travelled to England and approached the War Office, asking to be sent as a British army nurse to the Crimea. When refused, Seacole funded her own trip, ...

When Florence Nightingale was recruiting nurses, an accomplished nurse from Jamaica named Mary Seacole traveled to London but was repeatedly rejected. Seacole wrote: "Did these ladies shrink from ...

MARY Seacole appears in the 13th series of Doctor Who as it features the Crimean War. The Jamaican-born nurse was renowned for treating the sick and wounded on the battlefield at her own expense after ...

Helen Rappaport’s “In Search of Mary Seacole” gives a Black nursing legend her due. By Linda Villarosa When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of the nursing heroine Mary Seacole has been unveiled in London. It is the first statue of a black woman in the UK. JD ...

For more than a century, Florence Nightingale has been known around the world as a nursing pioneer and the founder of modern nursing. Now she has a rival. Jamaican-born Mary Seacole has emerged to ...