Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Mary Seacole
Born: 1805
Died: May 14, 1881 (aged 76)
Bio: Mary Jane Seacole was a Jamaican business woman who set up the British Hotel behind the lines during the Crimean War.