Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817-1901

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Dates:
Birth 1817-07-19
Death 1901-11-08
English

Biographical notes:

Nurse, agent for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, and pension attorney. Born Mary Ann Ball; known as "Mother" Bickerdyke to Union soldiers.

From the description of Mary Ann Bickerdyke papers, 1847-1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80062222

Union Army nurse in the United States Civil War. Native of Kansas who later lived in San Francisco, Calif.

From the description of Mary Ann Bickerdyke miscellany, 1879. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86128666

Biographical Note

1817, July 19 Born, Knox County, Ohio circa 1833 Attended Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 1837 Studied nursing, Cincinnati, Ohio 1847 Married Robert Bickerdyke (died 1859) 1861 At start of Civil War distributed supplies to soldiers in Cairo, Ill., and worked to improve living conditions for the soldiers; named matron of military hospital there 1862 1865 Worked as agent for United States Sanitary Commission; set up field hospitals and cooked, cleaned, and nursed Union soldiers; traveled with the armies of generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman 1866 Resigned from duty as army nurse 1866 1867 Worked at Chicago Home for the Friendless, Chicago, Ill. 1867 1869 Operated boarding house, Salina, Kans., and campaigned to get former soldiers to move west to Kansas 1870 1874 Conducted missionary work, New York, N.Y. 1874 Returned to Kansas; secured relief for victims of grasshopper plague 1876 Moved to San Francisco, Calif., and got job at United States Mint 1887 Returned to Kansas 1901, Nov. 8 Died, Bunker Hill, Kans.

From the guide to the Mary Ann Bickerdyke Papers, 1847-1905, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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