Women have always shown resilience and courage, especially
when faced with hardship and opportunity. The women of
the Civil War period were no difference. We will hear stories
of such women, who took on new roles such as nurses,
doctors, telegraphers, and soldiers, as well as wives and mothers.
Mary Louise Jesek Daley has been Chair of the Collinwood
Nottingham Historical Society, preserving and teaching about
local history for the nearly twenty years. As a docent
with the Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument
and Lake View Cemetery, she knows the complex history of
the American Civil War. A graduate of Villa Angela Academy
and Western Reserve College, she has worked as an
Executive Assistant to Cleveland City Councilman, Mike
Polensek, for 28 years.
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