[ June 18, 2011; 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm. ] Join the Licking County Historical Society for a delightful luncheon while listening to the story of Central Ohioan Mary Ann Bickerdyke, known to many as “Mother Bickerdyke”, due to her devoted nursing of soldiers during the Civil War.

Details: $13 Licking County Historical Society Members, $15 Non-Members

Location: Buckingham Meeting House, Veterans’ Park, 6th & Main St., [...]

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Mary Ann (Ball) Bickerdyke was a nurse and health care provider to the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Bickerdyke was born on July 19, 1817, near Mount Vernon, Ohio. She enrolled at Oberlin College, one of the few institutions of higher education open to women at this time in the United States, [...]