Mary Young Ridenbaugh
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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 novels Enola; Or, Her Fatal Mistake (1886), Portrait and Biographical Sketch of J. Harvie Dew, M.D. (1890), and The Biography of Ephraim McDowell: The Father of Ovariotomy (1894). Her novel was the namesake of Enola Gay Tibbets, who in-turn was the namesake of the Enola Gay bomber. She was the granddaughter of Ephraim McDowell and the wife of William Ridenbaugh. She was also known as Mary Thompson Valentine and Mary Thompson Young.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ 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.
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