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Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919) was an American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, alleged spy, prisoner of war and . She is currently the only woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor.

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  • Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919) was an American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, alleged spy, prisoner of war and . She is currently the only woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor.
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Birth Date
  • 1832-11-26(xsd:date)
death place
  • Oswego, New York, U.S.
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  • Albert Miller
Name
  • Mary Edwards Walker
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  • Oswego, New York, U.S.
  • Rural Cemetery
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  • Walker wearing her Medal of Honor
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  • Surgeon
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  • Natural causes
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  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • Feminism
  • Abolitionist
  • Receiving the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War
  • Prohibitionist
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  • American
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  • Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919) was an American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, alleged spy, prisoner of war and . She is currently the only woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor. Prior to the American Civil War she earned her medical degree, married and started a medical practice. The practice didn't do well and she volunteered with the Union Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War and served as a surgeon. She was captured by Confederate forces after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians and arrested as a spy. She was sent as a prisoner of war to Richmond, Virginia until released in a prisoner exchange. After the war she was approved for the highest United States Armed Forces decoration for bravery, the Medal of Honor, for her efforts during the Civil War. She is the only woman to receive the medal and one of only eight civilians to receive it. Her name was deleted from the Army Medal of Honor Roll in 1917 and restored in 1977. After the war she was a writer and lecturer supporting the women's suffrage movement until her death in 1919.
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