EXCLUSIVE: The Billion Dollar Spy screenwriter Ben August has just been tapped to adapt the story of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the only recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, as a feature film ...

We are back again to finish up our thoughts on Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, picking up where the previous post left off. As if the accomplishments mentioned previously were not impressive enough for ...

File photo / Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, in her top hat and coat, advocated for dress reform, noting that restrictive corsets and petticoats limited women's ability to serve equally. One of the first ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Mary Edwards Walker was a surgeon, war hero, abolitionist ...

In 1917, an Army review board rescinded the Medal of Honor that had been awarded to Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, an Army surgeon and former prisoner of war, more than half a century earlier. Walker ...

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. — Confucius I have been writing a scholarly paper on recipients of the Medal of Honor — aka the Congressional Medal of Honor* — ...

In 1865, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker received the Medal of Honor from President Andrew Johnson in recognition of her medical service during the Civil War. She remains the only woman to have earned this ...

Washington, DC, May 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United States Mint (Mint) will begin shipping the third coin in the 2024 American Women Quarters ™ (AWQ) Program on June 3. The Mint facilities at ...

- from our industrious work study student, med student, and guest blogger Annalyn Gibsonn If there is something that is never surprising to run into in the archives here, it is the story of yet ...