Mary Ann Bickerdyke
By Kristina, posted on July 13th, 2010.July Featured Topic
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, [...]