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Author:

Joinson, Carla.

Title:

Civil War doctor : the story of Mary Walker / Carla Joinson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Morgan Reynolds Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Walker, Mary Edwards,--1832-1919--Juvenile literature.
Walker, Mary Edwards,--1832-1919.
Walker, Mary Edwards,--1832-1919.
Women physicians--United States.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Physicians--United States.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Physicians--United States.--Biography.
Women--United States.--Biography.
United States--History--Civil war, 1861-1865.
Women's rights--History.
Physicians, Women--United States--Biography.
American Civil War--United States.
History, 19th Century--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Military Medicine--history--United States.
Women's Rights--history--United States.
United States--Medical care--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125) and index.

Contents:

Independent spirit -- Rejecting conventions -- "I cannot appoint a woman" -- Working without pay -- The soldier's friend -- Prisoner of war -- Prison doctor -- Medal of Honor -- Lecture circuit -- Continuing disappointments -- Return to Oswego.

Summary:

A biography of Mary Edwards Walker was one of the first women to receive a medical degree in the United States and went on to serve as a doctor to the Union soldiers during the Civil War. Her unconventional and determined life paved the way for generations of women in medicine and beyond.

Series:

Social critics and reformers

ISBN:

1599350289 (hc.)
9781599350288 (hc.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71241973

LCCN:

2006029053

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

DDPC173 -- Rockwell Public Library (Rockwell)