The horrors of the Crimean War would spark reforms in battlefield medicine, bring women like Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole into the public eye, and transform war reporting forever. Mary Seacole, a Jamaican-born nurse and entrepreneur, independently travelled to the war zone and set up the "British Hotel" near Balaclava, offering soldiers warm meals, medical care, and even morale-boosting comforts like fresh linens and tea. The Crimean War was the first major conflict to be extensively reported in newspapers, changing how wars were perceived at home.