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| Title | Bickerdyke, Mary Ann "Mother" |
| Description | Mary Ann Bickerdyke (1817-1901) of Illinois served as a Union nurse in the hospital at Cairo, Illinois and in field hospitals at a number of battles, including Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg and Atlanta. Soldiers called her "Mother" Bickerdyke. She fought for sanitary conditions, proper diets and medication, and traveled to major cities to raise funds for the sick and wounded. After the war, she lobbied to secure pensions for Civil War nurses and veterans. Bickerdyke is wearing ribbons of the Women's Relief Corps. |
| Subject.tgm | Portrait photographs
Women
Nurses
Ribbons
Medals
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| Subject.lcsh | Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817-1901
Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.).--Dept. of Kansas.
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| Date | c. 1895 |
| Time period | 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899 |
| Dimensions | 4.25 inches wide x 6.6 inches tall |
| Repository number | SPE GAR 72.431 |
| Repository name | Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
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| Collection | Grand Army of the Republic Collection
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Original file size | 313 KB |
| Original resolution (dpi) | 300 |
| Original dimensions (pixels) | 2181 x 3370 |
| Donor | The Wayne Whalen Digital Archive is made possible by the partners of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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| Original file name | 72.431.jpg |
