Mary Young Ridenbaugh
Appearance
Mary Young Ridenbaugh | |
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Born | Shelby County, KY |
Occupation | Novelist, biographer |
Spouse | William Ridenbaugh |
Mary Young Ridenbaugh (1834 in Shelby County, Kentucky – c. 1941) was an American biographer and novelist, best remembered for her novel Enola; Or, Her Fatal Mistake (1886).[1] Her novel was the namesake of Enola Gay Tibbets, who in-turn was the namesake of the Enola Gay bomber.
Career
Ridenbaugh's works include:
- The Biography of Ephraim McDowell: The Father of Ovariotomy (1890).[2]
Selected Reprints from Biography of Ephraim McDowell:
- Portrait and Biographical Sketch of J.[3] Harvie Dew, M.D. (1890),[4]
- Biographical sketch of George Engelmann, M.D., 1809-1884 (1896).[5]
- A sketch of the life of Joseph Eastman, M. D., LL. D., president of the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, etc., Indianapolis, Ind (1905).[6]
Personal life
She was the granddaughter of Ephraim McDowell and the wife of William Ridenbaugh. She was also known as Mary Thompson Valentine[7] and Mary Thompson Young.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
References
- ^ Ridenbaugh, Mary Young (1886). Enola; Or, Her Fatal Mistake. Kentucky: For the author. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
Volume 3 of Wright American fiction
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- Ridenbaugh, Mary Young (1890). The Biography of Ephraim McDowell, M.D. Charles L. Webster and Company. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- Ridenbaugh, Mary Young (1894). The Biography of Ephraim McDowell: The Father of Ovariotomy. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: author. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
second edition, revised
- Valentine, Mary Thompson (1897). Biography of Ephraim McDowell, M.D. New York City: McDowell Publishing Company. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
First Edition
- Biography_of_Ephraim_McDowell_M.D. wikimedia
- https://archive.org/details/biographyephrai01ridegoog
- ^ "James Harvie Dew". VMI Archives Historical Rosters. Virginia Military Institute. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Century Company records". archives. nypl.org. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ https://archive.org/details/101472689.nlm.nih.gov
- ^ https://archive.org/details/101697962.nlm.nih.gov
- ^ https://archive.org/details/biographyephrai01ridegoog
- ^ Buffalo Medical Journal. Vol. 46. 1891. p. 315.
- ^ Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal. Vol. 30. Joseph Warren & Company, Printers. 1891. p. 315.
- ^ The Medical Tribune: A Monthly Magazine. Medical Tribune Company. 1891. p. 371.
- ^ The History of Buchanan County, Missouri. Union Historical Company. 1881. pp. 873–874.
- ^ Medical Standard. Vol. 3. 1888. p. 96.
- ^ New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal. Vol. 40. Louisiana State Medical Society. 1888. p. 586.