Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero
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Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero
Book Details
- Author
- Cheryl Harness
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Company
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Civil War Era
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780807549902
- ISBN-10
- 0807549908
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ISBN: 0807549908
Author: Harness, Cheryl
Condition: New
2014 Amelia Bloomer listThe Best Children's Books of the Year 2014, Bank Street CollegeThe story of Mary Edwards Walker, the doctor and women's rights activist who served in the Civil War and receive the Medal of Honor.Mary Edwards Walker was unconventional for her time: She was one of the first women doctors in the country, she was a suffragist, and she wore pants! And when the Civil War struck, she took to the battlefields in a modified Union uniform as a commissioned doctor. For her service she became the only woman ever to earn the Medal of Honor. This picture book biography tells the story of a remarkable woman who challenged traditional roles and lived life on her own terms.
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Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero
