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===Mary Seacole  ===

I am important because I have been awarded medals for my bravery during the Crimean War (1854-56). After the war I returned to England and published a book about my life which became a best-seller. It all started back when I travelled to London to offer my nursing services to the Crimean War, but they declined my assistance because I was black. At that time white people where valued more than black people. Determined to help, I funded my own trip to the Crimean War, in order to help those injured, aware that there were poor medical facilities. Declining the option to work at Florence Nightingales's hospital I had ideas of my own to help soldiers in a variety of ways. Therefore I set up a Hotel and sold items the soldiers needed, cooked nutritious meals for them as well as opening a clinic where I could nurse the wounded. If necessary I would go out onto the battlefield even when the war was in progress to help out. 