03791nam 2200661Ia 450 991078083050332120230721024932.01-280-49254-697866135877700-8135-4819-510.36019/9780813548197(CKB)2520000000007907(EBL)870915(OCoLC)610210579(SSID)ssj0000416172(PQKBManifestationID)11280771(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416172(PQKBWorkID)10421514(PQKB)11249916(MiAaPQ)EBC870915(MdBmJHUP)muse8069(DE-B1597)529382(DE-B1597)9780813548197(Au-PeEL)EBL870915(CaPaEBR)ebr10367298(CaONFJC)MIL358777(EXLCZ)99252000000000790720090112d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDr. Mary Walker[electronic resource] an American radical, 1832-1919 /Sharon M. HarrisNew Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Pressc20091 online resource (331 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4611-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- 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 -- About the AuthorA suffragist who wore pants. This is just the simplest of ways Dr. Mary Walker is recognized in the fields of literature, feminist and gender studies, history, psychology, and sociology. Perhaps more telling about her life are the words of an 1866 London Anglo-American Times reporter, "Her strange adventures, thrilling experiences, important services and marvelous achievements exceed anything that modern romance or fiction has produced. . . . She has been one of the greatest benefactors of her sex and of the human race." In this biography 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 helped shape the radical politics of her time.Women physiciansUnited StatesBiographyRadicalsUnited StatesBiographyPhysiciansUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Medical careUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865WomenWomen physiciansRadicalsPhysicians610.82Harris Sharon M1156993MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780830503321Dr. Mary Walker3694844UNINA