Supporters of English war nurse Florence Nightingale are furious after learning Jamaican-born Mary Seacole will have an 8-foot-tall statue placed at London’s St. Thomas’ Hospital later this month. Several historians claimed Seacole’s accomplishments were exaggerated for political reasons. The Daily Mail reports Seacole’s $730000 statue is the first of its kind in honor of the nurse, who learned approximately […]
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