Gov. Oliver P. Morton created the Indiana Sanitary Commission in 1862 as a way to ensure Indiana soldiers were taken care of during the Civil War. He made a plea for nurses, and women saw this as ...

Eliza Fogg is considered a Civil War heroine because of her extensive efforts to help Maine soldiers. Maine Memory Network Isabella Fogg, a widow, decided to join the war effort when her only son ...

And the US Sanitary Commission was born with Dorothea Dix as the superintendent. This really opened up nursing to women. And they were able to play a larger role in the Civil War than in previous ...

Better known as "Mother George" or the "Angel of Mercy," Eliza George accompanied Indiana regiments during the Civil War and helped nurse the sick and wounded before dying of typhoid fever in 1865.

The Civil War changed the social, economic, and political landscape for women from every walk of American life—perhaps nowhere more so than in the field of nursing.

Heather St. Clair of Loma Linda, a founding member of the Academy of Living History Performing Arts, will present “Mother” Mary Ann Bickerdyke when the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table ...

The Commission has every reason to believe that it is honored with the full confidence of Government and will receive its cordial cooperation and support. Rooms have been assigned it in the ...

As many as 20% of Civil War soldiers were younger than 18. ... Girls imitated the nurses of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, which provided medical care to the soldiers.

Doctors demanded male nurses during the Civil War. Clara Barton defied them. ... Soon after, the civilian U.S. Sanitary Commission took control of providing nurses to the Union Army.

MARIETTA – A presentation on Civil War nurse Mother Bickerdyke, portrayed by Carolyn Caskey, will be held at the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley meeting at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at St ...

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Cook is one of four known local women who volunteered as nurses during the Civil War. The ceremony is set for 10 a.m. at Dryden’s Green Hills Cemetery, located at the end of Highland Drive, off ...