Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War
One Woman's Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women's Rights
Globe Pequot Publishing · Print & ebook · June 1, 2022
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in women’s perspectives on the Civil War
- Themes
- Women’s history, Civil War, Gender and racial equality
- Genres
- Women's Lives, Civil War Era, Activist Lives
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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.
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Theresa 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. She 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 posthumously in 1977.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in women’s perspectives on the Civil War
- Readers interested in Mary Walker’s pursuit of gender equality and suffrage
Where it sits
| Civil War Era | 69% |
|---|---|
| Women's Lives | 61% |
| Activist Lives | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- U.S. Military History
- Women's History
- Authors
- Theresa Kaminski
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Publishing
- Published
- June 1, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Women’s history · Civil War · Gender and racial equality
- Reading lane
- U.S. Military History