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Former teacher takes on civil war roles (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
SPRINGFIELD Betty Kay never has to worry about losing her identity. If she
misplaces one, she always can turn to another of the factual Lincoln-era
characters she has developed and now presents to groups all around
Illinois.Kay was in Jerseyville, Petersburg and Williamsville earlier this
month, doing her three-in-one-woman show, "Three Illinois Women in the Civil
War."Donning a blue Union jacket, she becomes Albert Cashier, who was born
Jennie Hodgers in Ireland but came to the U.S. and enlisted in the Union Army
as a man to fight in more than 40 battles and skirmishes. A skirt and bonnet
transform Kay into Mother Bickerdyke, a Galesburg woman who left her home to
help ailing hometown soldiers mustered at Cairo but stayed on to travel with
Gens. Grant and Sherman to give aid to soldiers elsewhere.Finally, she is
Julia Dent Grant, wife of the general, who during a victory parade in May 1865
talks about life with her husband.Kay, who lives in Jacksonville, began her
characterizations soon after she retired from a career as a first-grade
teacher in the Springfield School District in 2004. She taught at various
times at Lincoln, Matheny, Pleasant Hill and ...
Arlington Heights Daily Herald
