Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was a pioneering American surgeon, women’s rights advocate, and the only woman ever awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War.

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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker canonical 2
Mary Edwards Walker 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Civil War veteran ⓘ
Medal of Honor recipient ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
person ⓘ
surgeon ⓘ
women's rights activist ⓘ
awardReceived Medal of Honor ⓘ
birthDate 1832-11-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Oswego, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: Oswego, New York
burialPlace Rural Cemetery, Oswego, New York, United States ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1919-02-21 ⓘ
deathPlace Oswego, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: Oswego, New York
detentionEnd 1864-08 ⓘ
detentionStart 1864-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Falley Seminary ⓘ
Syracuse Medical College ⓘ
familyName Walker ⓘ
fieldOfWork dress reform ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
fullName Mary Edwards Walker ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Mary ⓘ
hasCommemoration Mary Walker Health Center at SUNY Oswego ⓘ
linked to: Oswego campus

U.S. postage stamp issued in her honor ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Dr. ⓘ
hasMonument statue in Oswego, New York ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for women's suffrage ⓘ
advocacy of dress reform and wearing trousers ⓘ
being the only woman to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor ⓘ
service as a surgeon during the American Civil War ⓘ
marriageEnd 1869 ⓘ
marriageStart 1855 ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
movement dress reform movement ⓘ
women's suffrage movement ⓘ
notableWork Hit: Essays on Women's Rights ⓘ
Unmasked, or the Science of Immorality ⓘ
occupation lecturer ⓘ
physician ⓘ
surgeon ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfDetention Richmond, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Richmond, Virginia
politicalAlignment abolitionism ⓘ
reasonForDetention accused of being a spy during the American Civil War ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
serviceNumberOrRank contract surgeon ⓘ
spouse Albert Miller ⓘ

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Fort Walker → namedAfter → Dr. Mary Edwards Walker ⓘ
Mary Edwards Walker → fullName → Mary Edwards Walker ⓘ
subject linked to: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
linked to: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker