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The practice failed, ostensibly because the public would not accept a female doctor. Following her graduation, she married her fellow medical student, Albert Miller, and they set up a joint practice in Rome, New York. Walker graduated with a doctor of medicine degree from Syracuse Medical College in 1855. She was a non-comformist throughout her life. Helping on the farm, Mary often wore trousers and shirts because they were more comfortable. "Free thinkers," they were raised to question everything. She grew up in Oswego, New York, raised by her progressive parents along with her six brothers and sisters. Mary Edwards Walker remains the only women ever to receive the Medal of Honor, which she was awarded for her service during the Civil War. ![]() An American feminist, suffragist, suspected spy, prisoner of war and surgeon, Dr.
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