9781493036097-1493036092-Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War: One Woman's Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women's Rights

Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War: One Woman's Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women's Rights

ISBN-13: 9781493036097
ISBN-10: 1493036092
Author: Theresa Kaminski
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover 344 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781493036097
ISBN-10: 1493036092
Author: Theresa Kaminski
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover 344 pages

Summary

Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War: One Woman's Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women's Rights (ISBN-13: 9781493036097 and ISBN-10: 1493036092), written by authors Theresa Kaminski, was published by Lyons Press in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other Civil War (United States History, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War: One Woman's Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women's Rights (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Civil War books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.45.

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"I will always be somebody." This assertion, a startling one from a nineteenth-century woman, drove the life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the only American woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor. President Andrew Johnson issued the award in 1865 in recognition of the incomparable medical service Walker rendered during the Civil War. Yet few people today know anything about the woman so well-known--even notorious--in her own lifetime. Kaminski shares a different way of looking at the Civil War, through the eyes of a woman confident she could make a contribution equal to that of any man. This part of the story takes readers into the political cauldron of the nation's capital in wartime, where Walker was a familiar if notorious figure. Mary Walker's relentless pursuit of gender and racial equality is key to understanding her commitment to a Union victory in the Civil War. Her role in the women's suffrage movement became controversial and the US Army stripped Walker of her medal, only to have the medal reinstated in 1977.

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