A statue of Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole is scheduled for installation at St. Thomas Hospital in London in late June 2016. The 8-foot-tall statue, which cost $730,000, is the first of its kind to be paced in honor or Seacole, who used knowledge of herbal medicine learned in the Caribbean, to provide care for soldiers during the Crimean War (1853-1856). She opened a “British Hotel” – a boarding house and medical center – that gave soldiers food, beverages, and care that saved the lives of many of the wounded men. The story of Mary Seacole is taught in the schools, …read more
Source: Jamaicans.com
