I find it curious (and, if I was paranoid, offensive) that when I google "famous women in Victorian England", Florence Nightingale is there, but Mary Seacole isn't.
Google also gives me Emmeline Pankhurst, although technically she belongs in the Edwardian Age, not the Victorian.
And nobody mentions Angela Burdett-Coutts, even though without her financial support, many philanthropic and humanitarian causes (particularly focused on children, housing, animal welfare, and education) would've withered and died.
Personally, I find Seacole and Burdett-Coutts much more interesting and admirable than Nightingale, who could be insufferably priggish.
Google also gives me Emmeline Pankhurst, although technically she belongs in the Edwardian Age, not the Victorian.
And nobody mentions Angela Burdett-Coutts, even though without her financial support, many philanthropic and humanitarian causes (particularly focused on children, housing, animal welfare, and education) would've withered and died.
Personally, I find Seacole and Burdett-Coutts much more interesting and admirable than Nightingale, who could be insufferably priggish.