Mother: The Life of Mary Bickerdyke

Everyone knows the battles of the Civil War, with their generals and their soldiers. But few people living today know the story of Mary "Mother" Bickerdyke, a hero in her time.Mother: The Life of Mary Bickerdyke is the story of a woman who revolutionized the healing process. Mary travelled the width and breadth of America, working in hospitals, asylums, prisons, missions, houses of the poor...and at many a battlefield. She is most often recognized for her work during the American Civil War,...