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Mary Edwards Walker was a surgeon, war hero, abolitionist, orphanage director, activist, and suffragette. She was born on November 26, 1832 in Oswego, New York and was fortunate to be born into a progressive family that encouraged her education. Her parents disregarded traditional gender roles, questioned religious authority, nurtured a strong sense of justice, and […]

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