In December 1955, after a long shift at work, Rosa waited for a bus with empty seats, and finally got one with a seat in the overflow section. But if one white person wanted to sit in the middle, every black person would have to get up and stand in the back of the bus. If the middle was empty, a black person could sit there. Each bus had three sections: a whites-only section at the front, a black section at the back and an overflow section in the middle. In the American South, rules on buses were particularly harsh: a black person had to enter through the front door, pay the fare, leave the bus and then get on again through a rear door. Growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks detested the rules of segregation: having to drink from different water fountains or being barred from whites-only restaurants. She is remembered as a brave and fearless leader! 2. On 30 June 2016, a statue of her was unveiled at St Thomas’s Hospital in London, honouring her as a pioneer in her field. Many years later, when she faced financial troubles many of them banded together to raise money for her. Her dedication to the servicemen was unmistakable – she formed a strong bond with the soldiers she helped. Mary bravely nursed soldiers on the battlefield as well as in the British Hotel.
She used her savvy business skills to provide hot food, drinks and clothes for wounded soldiers. She travelled to the Crimean Peninsula with a friend and set up a hotel and boarding house – the British Hotel – behind enemy lines. In 1853, during the Crimean War, Mary wanted to enlist as a military nurse to help the wounded, but her application to the British War Office was refused. As a young woman, Mary explored the Caribbean, visiting Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas all on her own – a bold and unusual step, especially for a woman of colour. Mary Seacole was born in the British colony of Jamaica and from an early age, she learned nursing and healing from her mother, who used traditional remedies and kept a boarding house for invalid soldiers.
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