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Collection Title:
Creator:
Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919.
Inclusive Dates:
1799-1919
Abstract:
Papers of the physician, social reformer, native of Oswego, N.Y. Advocate of dress reform and women's suffrage. Collection includes correspondence (1833-1913), mainly from Dr. Walker's lecture tour of Britain in 1866-67 and from her Civil War service, 1862-65; legal and financial documents, including deeds, wills, and material concerning her divorce and employment at the Federal Pension Office; photographs; and writings, including material on the trial of Frank C. Almay in 1891, lectures, pamphlets, and reminiscences.
Type of Material:
 
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
Civil War (U.S.)
Military history
New York State
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Clothing and dress.
Divorce suits.
Lecturers.
Lectures and lecturing.
Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Suffragists -- United States.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Women authors, American.
Women physicians -- United States.
Women social reformers -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.