Question

What was the name of the company set up by Mary Seacole?
A.Seacole and Day
B.Seacole Enterprises
C.Seacole Stay House
D.Seacole Hotels

Answer 1

Hint: Mary Seacole was a Jamaican woman who is popularly known to provide medical support and aid to the soldiers injured during Crimean War(1853-56). She was popularly known as 'Mother Seacole'.

Complete answer: Option A: Mary Seacole was basically a businesswoman in Jamaica. She applied in the war office as a nurse but was refused as she did not possess any professional nursing qualifications. Therefore, Mary Seacole along with her relative, called Day, together launched a firm called Seacole and Day in 1855. This firm was supposed to be a general store and a hotel near the British camp in Crimea. This hotel was used to cure the soldiers injured on the battlefield.
Options B, C and D: Seacole Enterprises, Seacole Stay House and Seacole Hotels were constructed after the death of Mary Seacole in 1881.
Thus, option (A) is the correct answer.

Note: Mary Seacole was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991 for displaying her compassion and bravery to nurse the soldiers during Crimean War. Seacole has published her memoirs in 'The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands'.