Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor gptkb:surgery gptkb:Physician |
| gptkbp:advocacy |
Dress reform
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| gptkbp:advocated_for |
civil rights
dress reform |
| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:American_Medical_Association
gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:National_Woman_Suffrage_Association gptkb:Women's_Suffrage_Movement |
| gptkbp:alma_mater |
gptkb:Syracuse_University
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| gptkbp:awarded_for |
Service as a contract surgeon during the American Civil War
|
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
|
| gptkbp:birth_date |
1832-11-26
|
| gptkbp:born |
November 26, 1832
|
| gptkbp:burial_place |
gptkb:Willow_Glen_Cemetery
gptkb:Riverside_Cemetery,_Oswego,_New_York gptkb:Riverside_Cemetery,_Oswego |
| gptkbp:contribution |
supported the abolition of slavery
challenged gender norms of her time advocated for the rights of veterans. fought for the rights of women to wear pants promoted the role of women in the military pushed for equal pay for women in medicine worked for the establishment of women's hospitals advocated for women's access to education in medicine |
| gptkbp:death_date |
1919-02-21
|
| gptkbp:died |
February 21, 1919
|
| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Syracuse_Medical_College
|
| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:Medicine
gptkb:social_reform gptkb:surgery |
| gptkbp:full_name |
gptkb:Mary_Edwards_Walker
|
| gptkbp:gender |
gptkb:Female
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Mary Edwards Walker
|
| gptkbp:image |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/ Mary_ Edwards_ Walker.jpg
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:women's_rights_movement
gptkb:feminism medical practices for women |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Susan_B._Anthony
gptkb:Elizabeth_Blackwell gptkb:Mary_Cady_Stanton gptkb:Florence_Nightingale |
| gptkbp:known_for |
Advocacy for women's rights
serving as a contract surgeon for the Union Army |
| gptkbp:legacy |
symbol of women's empowerment
impact on civil rights advocacy inspiration for future generations of women in medicine influence on dress reform movements First and only woman to receive Medal of Honor |
| gptkbp:military_branch |
gptkb:United_States_Army
|
| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:American
|
| gptkbp:notable_achievement |
First woman to receive the Medal of Honor
advocate for women's rights pioneering female surgeon first woman to receive the Medal of Honor only woman to receive the Medal of Honor |
| gptkbp:notable_work |
Civil War service
Women's suffrage advocacy |
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:activists
gptkb:surgery gptkb:Physician |
| gptkbp:place_of_birth |
gptkb:Oswego,_New_York
|
| gptkbp:place_of_death |
gptkb:Oswego,_New_York
|
| gptkbp:posthumous_recognition |
Medal of Honor awarded in 1907
|
| gptkbp:rank |
Assistant Surgeon
Contract Surgeon |
| gptkbp:service |
female surgeon in the U. S. Army
|
| gptkbp:service_years |
1861-1865
1861-1866 |
| gptkbp:significant_event |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
Albert Miller
|
| gptkbp:wrote |
' Hitched to the Plow'
' The History of the Woman's Suffrage Movement' ' The Medical Profession and the Woman's Rights Movement' |
| gptkbp:years_active |
1861-1865
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
3
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