Portrait of Mary Seacole by Albert Charles Challen (1869) (via National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia) (click to enlarge) The sculpture on London’s South Bank stands in the gardens of St Thomas’ Hospital ...

Courtesy of Live Arts Theater. “Drury tells this story from a transcendental space within the global Black woman experience. There are particular caregiving experiences that Black women across the ...

The artist’s maquette will be turned into a permanent marble statue, celebrating Mary Seacole’s legacy. The model is on display in the Stable Gallery until 28 March.

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Many women who have changed Britain for the better weren’t originally from our shores. Here are the stories of just some of those inspirational immigrants.

A new Royal Mint commemorative coin in honour of Jamaican-British nurse Mary Seacole has been revealed to coincide with the UK’s Black History Month. It is the second coin to feature a named Black ...

Mary Seacole was a medical practitioner from Jamaica whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Her offer to volunteer as a military nurse was refused, but Seacole travelled to ...

Broadway star and famed singer of the “Reading Rainbow” television show theme song, Tina Fabrique appears alongside local favorite Kim Bey under the direction of beloved local director Eric Ruffin in ...

You’ve likely heard of Florence Nightingale but perhaps not Mary Seacole, a similarly courageous nurse and humanitarian who was born in 1805 in Jamaica (she was the daughter of a white Scottish ...

Helen Rappaport’s “In Search of Mary Seacole” gives a Black nursing legend her due. By Linda Villarosa When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

Live Arts Theater’s 2024-2025 Voyages Season continues with the Virginia premiere of “Marys Seacole,” Jackie Sibblies Drury’s time-travelling chronicle inspired by the real-life of Mary Seacole.