A 19th-century Catholic convert who earlier in her life cared for British soldiers has been commemorated by Google in its daily Doodle.
Jamaican-born Mary Seacole (1805-81) set up a “hotel” for wounded soldiers in Balaclava during the Crimean War. She had applied to the War Office to help as a nurse in Crimea, but when she was turned down four times she decided to go there independently.
In her memoir, she wrote: "The grateful words and smiles which rewarded me for binding up a wound or giving a cooling drink was a pleasure worth risking life for at any time."
