Mary Edwards Walker was born in 1832 in Oswego, New York. In 1855 she received her M.D. from Syracuse Medical College. She was the only female surgeon to serve in the Civil War and was captured by ...

In looking through our digital collection to select particularly moving images for a project, I came across one story that really caught my attention. We have previously met Mary Edwards Walker ...

Mary Edwards Walker was the youngest of seven in an unconventional family that valued equal education ... With the onset of the American Civil War, Walker volunteered to serve in the Union Army.

Mary Edwards Walker was born in 1832 in Oswego, N.Y., the youngest of seven children. Prior to the American Civil War, Walker earned her medical degree from Syracuse Medical College, and was ...