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A portrait of Mary Ann Bickerdyke, 1817-1901, who was a nurse and then hospital administrator for Union soldiers during the Civil War. She retired to Bunker Hill, Kansas in 1886 with a special pension granted to her by Congress in recognition of her service.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 776
Call Number: B , Bickerdyke,Mary , *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 776
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Nurses
Military - Facilities - Hospitals - Field hospitals
Military - Wars - Civil War
People - Notable Kansans
People - Women
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