Mary Walker
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Mary Walker
By: Januarie Espinoza
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Edwards_Walker
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Intro
• Mary Walker was amazing she stood up for what she believed in. She never let anything stand in her way no matter what .
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arrested
As she was strolling inside a clothing store a huge group of people crowded around her. Soon there were to many people surrounded by her that the store manager called the police. It was obvious why she had so much attention…..she was wearing pants under a dress. It wasn’t a crime or her to do this but no woman ever dared to wear them. After the police ask her a couple question he figured she would not cooperate, he had her go to the station with him.
www.suppressedhistories.net/earlyfmds.html
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Beliefs
When she was in nursing school she believed that cigarettes and drugs caused you to be paralyzed and made you go crazy. She also believed that women's clothing was immodest and inconvenient.
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captured
• During the civil war in 1868 Mary was a spy for the union. While she was working she was captured and imprisoned by a confederate soldier.
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Date of BirthMary was born on November 26,1832
Oswego N.Y was her home town.
Unfortunately she died on February 21,1919
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Eye Injury
• When she was captured in the civil war she got an eye injury. She received $8.50 a month. For 30years she fought for more money. Finally in 1898 her payment increased to $20.
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Family
• Her family were abolitionist. She had 4 sisters Auroa, Luna, Vesta, and Cynthia. She also had one brother named Alvah.
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Graduated June 1855 she graduated from the
Eclectic Syracuse
Medical College, the nation's first medical school and one which accepted women and men. 21 was the age she graduated from.
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?volume=300&issue=18&page=2182
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Hero
Many soldiers considered her a hero because she saved their lives.
http://blog.marchforbabies.org/?tag=be-a-hero-for-babies-day
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Improvement in life
• After the civil war she became a writer , lecturer touring on women’s writes, dress reform, health and temperance issues.
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Typewriter
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Jail
• She was captured while spying on the confederate. She was taken to Richmond Libby Prison.
http://skibalaw.com/608/can-i-go-to-jail-for-not-paying-my-debts/
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Kentucky
She left the war in 1865 and served a little time as surgeon of a Women’s Prison Hospital in Louisville,KY.
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/state/kentucky.html
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Lydia
• Lydia wanted Mary to take over the dress reform movement. Mary didn’t hesitate.
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Medal of honor
She won the Medal of Honor for Meritorious service in 1865.Later the criteria of this award was changed by the government and was withdrew from her. She still continued to wear it.
http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/wwII-a-f.html
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NO!!!!!!!
Mary refused to have Miller’s name and they were separated two years later, Dr. Walker accusing her husband of infidelity . Dr. Walker remained in Rome, running her
small practice, advocating social causes and writing for the magazine Sybil.
http://library.uthsc.edu/exhibits/stamps/physicians.htm
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October 8
• On October 8 she was invited to England to listen to speeches about women's rights speeches. A chairman invited Mary to give a speech unexpectedly.
http://www.cotswolds.info/maps.shtml
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Physician
• In 1856 she married Albert Miller, a physician. Together they set up a medical practice in Rome N.Y.
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Quiet
• She was quietly put to rest in her black suit in her family plot in Oswego Town cemetery. Through the efforts of her grandniece and some members of Congress, her Medal of Honor was officially restored to her on June 10, 1977.
http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2011/02/statue_of_oswego_county_woman.html
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RELEASED
She was released back to Ohio as a contact surgeon, but spent the rest of the war practicing as a surgeon.
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Surgeon
• Mary volunteered as a surgeon in the civil war. She worked in a Washington DC hospital as well on the battlefield.
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Twenty cent stamp
• A 20cent stamp was made to honor her. This was issued in Oswego NY on June 20,1982.
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Unhealthy
• Soldiers were often checked when they came back from prisons. They were checked for signs of injuries , diseases and malnutrition.
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Validate
After four months of being in jail the Atlanta Campaign finally released her in a prisoner exchange of 24 Union surgeons for 17 Confederate surgeons. She was pleased she had been “traded man for man” for a Confederate officer. It served to validate her need for equality.
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Wounded
• She usually crossed enemy lines to help wounded soldiers.
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Xtensively
• Beginning in 1867, Dr. Walker’s activities become more political. She lived for a few years with Belva Lockwood, a women’s suffrage activist, mostly in Washington D.C., but also traveling extensively to promote women’s causes.
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Yell
• There were many yells in the hospital she worked in. Soldiers calling her name for help.
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Zero Tolerance
She have zero tolerance against women's clothing.
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CONCLUSIOIN
• I liked learning about her. This taught me things I didn’t know before.
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Work Cites
http://www.biography.com/people/mary-walker-9522110http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/634617/Mary-Edwards-Walkerhttp://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/walker.htmhttp://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/walk-mar.htmhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_325.html
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Work cited
http://thismightyscourge.com/2009/02/22/the-life-of-dr-mary-edwards-walker-ahead-of-her-time/
http://www.oswego.edu/library/archives/walker.pdf