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MARY EDWARDS WALKER WAS ERASED FROM HISTORY
despite being one of the most outspoken and notorious
women of her day. She was raised by progressive parents
in the same region as contemporaries Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. But Mary’s ideas didn’t not for book use
fit with the mainstream suffrage movement. Known for general logo
wearing shortened skirts—and later long coats—over
trousers rather than the tight corsets and large hoop
skirts that were the typical women’s fashion, she turned
heads with her controversial choices. A staunch patriot,
Mary would serve as a surgeon and a spy for the Union
Army during the Civil War before being captured and
imprisoned by the Confederacy.
Sara Latta’s historical narrative, I Could Not Do
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remarkable life and accomplishments. The only woman to
receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, she continued
to break gender norms and speak out about women’s
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