We'll be blunt: Mary Edwards deserves mad respect. She was a feminist and abolitionist; the first female Civil War surgeon in the U.S. Army; and a Civil War POW. Plus she wore pants!
A nationally famous surgeon and women s rights advocate from Oswego, who also had close ties to Rome and Utica, will soon be featured on a new quarter by the U.S.
Did you know that there is only one woman who has ever received the Medal of Honor? Her name was Mary Edwards Walker, and she was a surgeon, an advocate for women s rights, and a significant