Mary Edwards Walker
November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919

• 1855 medical degree from Syracuse Medical College
• 1863 Civil War – served as a surgeon
• April 10, 1864 Captured by Confederate forces
• only woman to ever receive the U.S. Medal of Honor
• 1871 attempted to register to vote (turned away)
• 2000  inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame

Portrait