Oct 092020
Mary Seacole was born 23rd of November 1805.
She died because of a stroke or apoplexy in her home.
She was famous for all her medical work in the Crimean war and she saved many many lives. She was a nurse.
Mary travelled to England when she was 16 years old!!
Mary was mixed race and she married a white British man, she never got remarried after his death.
Mary was also a businesswoman.
Mary was forgotten after her death which was in 1881. Historians rediscovered her story but that was in 1980 and that is only how we know today.
