Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was the first U.S. Army surgeon and the first and only woman to receive a Medal of Honor. For more stories this #VeteransDay, visit moretohistory.com | HISTORY

Mary Edwards Walker: Civil War Medal Trailblazer #MaryEdwardsWalker #CivilWar #MedalOfHonor | TerrifyingMyths

Dr. Mary E. Walker fearlessly served as a Civil War surgeon in the Army, enduring capture as a POW and becoming the only woman ever awarded the Medal of Honor. This Women's History Month, we celebrate her legacy and the path she forged for women in military service. Learn more: https://wwp.news/4bWSn71 | Wounded Warrior Project

Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On November 26, 1832, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was born. The first and only female recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Civil War, the barrier-breaking medical professional briefly attended Bowen Collegiate Institute in Hopkinton, Iowa. Raised in New York, Mary Edwards Walker taught at a school in Minetto, New York, eventually earning enough money to pay her way through Syracuse Medical College, where she graduated with honors as a medical doctor in 1855, the only woman