Mary "Mother" Bickerdyke, Statue

Title: Mary "Mother" Bickerdyke, Statue
Creator: Kitson, Theodora Alice Ruggles
Contributor: Bysterbusch, Hailey
Biographical Text: The statue, sculpted by Theodora Alice Ruggles Kitson, depicts Bickerdyke as a Civil War nurse, holding a cup of water to the lips of a soldier. The sculpted statue is made of bronze and sits on a granite pedestal. It is located on the lawn of the Knox County Courthouse.
From shortly after Bickerdyke’s death in 1901 to 1903, the women of the Mother Bickerdyke Memorial Association raised money and worked with the state of Illinois to have the statue created. The statue was erected in Galesburg, Illinois, because of Bickerdyke’s former residence in the city, where she remains a significant historical figure.
Text: [Front of Statue]
MOTHER BICKERDYKE
1861 - ARMY NURSE - 1865
“SHE OUTRANKS ME”
GENERAL SHERMAN

[Back of Statue]
MARY A. BICKERDYKE
1817 1901
IN RECOGNITION OF HER PATRIOTIC AND HEROIC TO “THE BOYS IN BLUE’ IN CAMP, IN HOSPITAL AND ON THE FIELD THE STATE OF ILLINOIS HAS UNDERNEATH THE AUSPICES OF THE MOTHER BICKERDYKE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION ERECTED THIS STATUE 1904
Date Created: 1904
Type: English Statue
Bibliographic Citation: Monument to Mother Bickerdyke, Wisconsin Historical Society; The Life of Mary Bickerdyke and the Construction of the Mother Bickerdyke Monument; Mary A. Bickerdyke, The Historical Marker Database

Where are the women?