# Mother Bickerdyke — John Brown’s Body character guide

> Mother Bickerdyke in John Brown’s Body by Stephen Vincent Benét.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mother, Old Mother Bickerdyke

**First appearance:** 0009-book-v

## Who they are

A historical Union nurse, appears briefly in hospital scenes.

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