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Jamaican nurse, adventurer and writer Mary Jane Seacole (1805 - 1881), heroine of the Crimean War, 1857. Original publication : Punch Magazine - pub. 30th May 1857 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jamaican nurse, adventurer and writer Mary Jane Seacole (1805 - 1881), heroine of the Crimean War, 1857. Original publication : Punch Magazine - pub. 30th May 1857 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)