Lucy Nicols: Unsung Civl War Hero with Eileen Yanoviak

Lucy Higgs Nichols was a mother and Civil War nurse who escaped enslavement in Tennessee, joined the Indiana 23rd Regiment, and eventually settled in New Albany, Indiana. Revered by fellow veterans, she gained recognition from influential politicians, the national press, the Grand Army of the Republic, and even Congress as she fought to secure the Nurse’s pension she deserved. In a post-Civil War era that often-denied justice and opportunity to Black Americans and women, the Tenacious Nurse Nichols overcame insurmountable obstacles to achieve notoriety, self-sufficiency, and nobility.

Join scholar and professor Eileen Yanoviak for a presentation and discussion on her new book The Tenacious Nurse Nichols: An Unsung African American Civil War Hero. There will be a Q&A and book signing following the event. Books will be available for purchase at the Basile History Market.

About the Author:
Eileen Yanoviak holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Louisville. She is the former Director of the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Indiana. She is the co-editor of a collection of essays entitled Formations of Identity: Society, Politics, and Landscape (2016) from Cambridge Scholars Publishing and author of Gaela Erwin: Reframing the Past (2016) from the Speed Art Museum. She has authored numerous scholarly essays for Art Inquiries, among others. She is a non-profit professional and teaches at Northern Kentucky University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock