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 ...

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 ...

With the exciting news that a National Medal of Honor Museum is now open in Arlington, Tex., I think many people are asking, “Has a woman ever received the Medal of Honor?” The answer is yes. One ...

In all of American history, only one woman has been awarded the Medal of Honor — and Congress tried to take it back. Her name was Mary Edwards Walker, and she was a doctor at a time when female ...

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 ...

In 1917, an Army review board rescinded the Medal of Honor that had been awarded to Dr.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* — ...

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 ...