The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole

Jamaican born Mary Seacole was a nurse who many considered to be the heroine of the Crimean War. In fact, Seacole was widely known among the soldiers of the British Army as "Mother Seacole." She documented her adventures in her autobiography, "Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands."

Read more about Mary Seacole here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/seacole_mary.shtml