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Women's History Month Featured Leader: Mary Edwards Walker

3/5/2018

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In March, we’re featuring an influential woman every day in honor of Women’s History Month.
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Today we’re celebrating:
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Mary Edwards Walker

Surgeon (1832 – 1919)
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  • Pioneering female physician, earning her degree from Syracuse Medical College in 1855
  • Found nineteenth century strictures of women’s dress inhumane and chose to wear men’s clothing
  • Awarded a Medal of Honor for her service as a surgeon and nurse in the Civil War and wore it every day
  • Faced ridicule as a non-conformist female physician in a male-dominated field
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