Mary Ann Bickerdyke miscellany, 1879.

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Mary Ann Bickerdyke miscellany, 1879.

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A printed pamphlet containing a statement by Department Commander of Kansas, Theodore Botkin, proclaiming July 19, 1897 to be Mother Bickerdyke Day, "in honor and in memory of the sacrifices and services of the Army Nurses"; and a letter (four leaves) from Bickerdyke to her friends Mrs. S.H. Chapman and Harriet Chapman Turner in San Francisco, Calif., written from Bunker Hill, Kansas, Sept. 13, 1897. The letter describes the event commemorated in the pamphlet, Bickerdyke's 80th birthday, at which she saw many patients she had treated during the Civil War. The pamphlet includes photograph illustrations of Bickerdyke and Botkin.

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Turner, Harriet Chapman.

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Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817-1901

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Mary Ann Ball was born on July 19, 1817, in Knox County, Ohio, to Hiram and Annie Rodgers Ball. She was one of the first women who attended Oberlin College in Ohio. In 1847, she married Robert Bickerdyke, who died in 1859, two years before the Civil War. Together, the Bickerdykes had two sons. She later moved to Galesburg, Illinois, where she worked as botanic physician and primarily worked with alternative medicines using herbs and plants. Bickerdyke began to attend the Congregational Church...

Chapman, S. H., Mrs.

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Botkin, Theodore.

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