Mary Edwards Walker is an influential figure in American history for a multitude of reasons. Her primary contributions were made through serving in the Civil War as a battlefield surgeon. The thing that makes Mary Walker stand out the most is that she, to this day, is the only woman to ever receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Through the years of 1855-1865 She gained an early education an entered a medical college, was married, and a volunteer nurse that lead her to her assistant surgeon position…
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