TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris,Sharon M
TI  - Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832-1919 
SN  - 9780813548197
U1  - 610.82 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Physicians
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Radicals
KW  - Women physicians
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Dr. Mary Walker, suffragist, pants wearer, literature, feminist studies, gender studies, history, psychology, sociology, London Anglo-American Times, reporter, biography, Sharon M. Harris, Medal of Honor recipient, activist, author, Civil War surgeon, nineteenth-century issues, political reform, social reform, medical reform, legal reform, abolition, temperance, gender equality, U.S. imperialism, New Woman, research-rich, articulate political voice, public self, radical politics, justice, social activism, women's rights, Civil War history, gender roles, progressive movements, historical biography, women's suffrage, gender dynamics, social justice, feminist activism, historical significance, progressive era, feminist icon
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1. “Give me liberty of thought”: The Seeds of Radicalism --; 2. Dress Reform and The Sibyl --; 3. “The ark of reform”: Civil War Surgeon --; 4. Surgeon, Spy, Prisoner of War --; 5. Interlude --; 6. Touring Britain: The Creation of a Public Self --; 7. “A Representative Woman” --; 8. A Crusader’s Hit --; 9. Women’s Rights Unmasked --; 10. The Courtroom, the Legislature, Party Politics --; 11. A Pragmatic Utopia --; 12. Anti-Imperialism and the World Stage --; 13. The Age of Alienation --; 14. The Pioneer Embraced --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Index --; About the Author; restricted access
N2  - A suffragist who wore pants. This is just the simplest of ways Dr. Mary Walker is recognized in the fields of literature, feminist and gender studies, history, psychology, and sociology. Perhaps more telling about her life are the words of an 1866 London Anglo-American Times reporter, "Her strange adventures, thrilling experiences, important services and marvelous achievements exceed anything that modern romance or fiction has produced. . . . She has been one of the greatest benefactors of her sex and of the human race." In this biography Sharon M. Harris steers away from a simplistic view and showcases Walker as a Medal of Honor recipient, examining her work as an activist, author, and Civil War surgeon, along with the many nineteenth-century issues she championed:political, social, medical, and legal reforms, abolition, temperance, gender equality, U.S. imperialism, and the New Woman. Rich in research and keyed to a new generation, Dr. Mary Walker captures its subject's articulate political voice, public self, and the realities of an individual whose ardent beliefs in justice helped shape the radical politics of her time
UR  - https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813548197
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813548197
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780813548197/original
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