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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05152 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | Walker, Mary E.: Cabinet card portrait photograph by Bell |
| Date | ca. 1880 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Photograph of the Civil War surgeon wearing her army Medal of Honor. Walker's medal was revoked in 1917 when conditions for the medal were changed to warrant only battle conditions. Her Medal of Honor was reinstated in 1977. An inventor and advocate of women's rights, as well as a surgeon, she remains the only female recipient of the army Medal of Honor. GLC has a large collateral file of photocopies from the National Archives about Walker's Civil War work. |
| Subjects | Women's History Medal of Honor Health and Medical Hospital Intolerable Acts Civil War Military History Union Forces |
| People | Walker, Mary E. (1832-1919) |
| Place written | Washington |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |