Why did Mary seacole do what she did?

Answer 1

Mary Seacole was a nurse who was born in Kingston Jamaica, 1805. She was of mixed race (JAmaican adn Scottish) and went to help soldiers who were injured in the Crimean War. She was refused many jobs because of her race and made her own way to the sight of the war as nobody would take her.

She wrote an autobiography to help her stay out of financial difficulties as she faced bankrupsy.

In 1881 she died and was buried in London (Catholic cemetary) . She has a statue made of her as a memory of her work and strength.

Answer 2

Mary seacole was a black jamacian nurse and she went to England and then went to the caribem and help soiders and floriance nightingale took all her fame and glore.

Mary Seacole was a black Jamaican woman who helped soldiers on the battlefield of he Crimean war. she tried to help with Florence Nightingale but was rejected because of her colour.

Answer 3

Mary Seacole was a biracial woman of Jamaican and Scottish descent who traveled to the Crimean front to provide soldiers with food, comfort and her folk medicine skills. When she asked the war department for permission they refused, but Mary used her own money to do it anyway. Largely forgotten for her contributions for years, she was honored as the Greatest Black Briton in 2004.

Answer 4

Mary seacole believed in helping injured men fighting in the crimea

Answer 5

Her mother, Jane taught her nursing so Mary became a nurse.