Marie-Barbe de Boullongne was a philanthropist on what continent?
Marie-Barbe de Boullongne Marie-Barbe de Boullongne (ca 1618 – June 7, 1685) was a philanthropist in New France (later Quebec). She was a co-founder of a fraternity honouring the Holy Family, the Confrérie de la Sainte-Famille, and also the benefactor of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. She was also known as Barbe de Boulogne.
Mary Seacole Mary Jane Seacole OM ("née" Grant; 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a Jamaican business woman who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War. She described this as "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers", and provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. She was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991. In 2004 she was voted the greatest black Briton.