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Mary Seacole

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The Resume

    (circa 1805-May 14, 1881)
    Born to a Scottish father and Jamaican mulatto free woman
    Known by British troops as 'Mother Seacole'
    Published her autobiography called 'The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands'

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a little on the hefty side.
    She could not manage her finances.
    She didn't have an official license to practice medicine.
    Why would she help people who didn't like her because of the color of her skin?

Why she might not be annoying:

    The British War Office rejected her assistance in the Crimean War because of her race.
    She went to Crimea at her own expense with medical supplies and food to assist the troops.
    She built and ran a hotel/hospital in Crimea for British troops.
    Florence Nightingale accused the hotel of being 'no better than a brothel.'
    White Americans mistreated her in Panama, even though she came to help during a cholera epidemic.
    She used old African remedies to treat the soldiers and they worked.
    She is listed as #1 on an online poll of '100 Greatest Black Britons.'

Credit: Xer


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 47.89% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 160 Votes: 43.12% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 72 Votes: 38.89% Annoying