| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 308 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In this biography, Dr. Mary Walker, Sharon M. Harris steers away from a simplistic view and showcases Walker as a Medal of Honor recipient, examining her work as an activist, author, and Civil War surgeon, along with the many nineteenth-century issues she championed: political, social, medical, and legal reforms, abolition, temperance, gender equality, U.S. imperialism, and the New Woman. Rich in research and keyed to a new generation, Dr. Mary Walker captures its subject's articulate political voice, public self, and the realities of an individual whose ardent beliefs in justice helpe. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; 1 "Give me liberty of thought": The Seeds of Radicalism; 2 Dress Reform and The Sibyl; 3 "The ark of reform": Civil War Surgeon; 4 Surgeon, Spy, Prisoner of War; 5 Interlude; 6 Touring Britain: The Creation of a Public Self; 7 "A Representative Woman"; 8 A Crusader's Hit; 9 Women's Rights Unmasked; 10 The Courtroom, the Legislature, Party Politics; 11 A Pragmatic Utopia; 12 Anti-Imperialism and the World Stage; 13 The Age of Alienation; 14 The Pioneer Embraced; Epilogue; Notes; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919.
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Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919. |
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Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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Women physicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Women physicians. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Radicals -- United States -- Biography.
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Radicals. |
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Physicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Physicians. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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Physicians, Women. |
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American Civil War. |
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History, 19th Century. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Military Medicine. |
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Women's Rights. |
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United States. |
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1861 - 1865 |
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Biography.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harris, Sharon M. Dr. Mary Walker. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009 9780813546117 (DLC) 2009000781 (OCoLC)298470813 |
| ISBN |
9780813548197 (electronic book) |
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0813548195 (electronic book) |
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9780813546117 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813546117 |
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