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07/03/2005

BBC Two - Mary Seacole: A Hidden History

Biography of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse who saved thousands of lives in the Crimea.

A series of biographical films. Mary Seacole was a nurse who, despite being rejected by Florence Nightingale's organisation, saved the lives of thousands of soldiers in the Crimea.

Short series of biographical films showing the debt Britons owes to pioneers of multi-racial Britain. Mary Seacole was an accomplished Jamaican nurse who, on deciding to help during the Crimean War, had to travel there at her own expense and risk because Florence Nightingale's organisation rejected her for being 'too dark'. One there, she saved the lives of thousands of British soldiers.

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