Mary Young Ridenbaugh

American biographer

Mary Young Ridenbaugh

Born	Shelby County, KY
Occupation	Novelist, biographer
Spouse	William Ridenbaugh

Mary Young Ridenbaugh (c. 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]

Career

Ridenbaugh's works include:

Enola, Or Her Fatal Mistake (1886)
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.

External links

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