Laureen Riedesel

Riedesel portrays Dr. Mary Bewick Bridges White, sister of Nebraska suffragist Clara Bewick Colby, with an emphasis on women’s rights.

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In period costume (late 1890s), Riedesel portrays Dr. Mary Bewick Bridges White, sister of Nebraska suffragist Clara Bewick Colby, with an emphasis on women’s rights and the split between practitioners of homeopathic medicine and the American Medical Association at the turn of the century.

Laureen Riedesel

Title: Retired Director, Beatrice Public Library

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (402) 228-2433

City: Beatrice


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