She was the first woman in the war
yes, she was the first African American woman to ever receive the prize for a fiction novel
Dr. Mary Walker, a contract surgeon in the Civil War.
the Medal of Honor
the Medal of Honor
She was the first, and (so far) the ONLY woman to receive the Medal of Honor.
The Medal of Honor. Decades after the Civil War ended the army set up a board to review the Medals of Honor awarded during the war, and they vacated about one thousand, including that to Dr. Walker. Dr. Walker was still alive, and was asked to return her Medal, but she refused to do so.
She is the only woman to have received the Medal of Honor.
Mary Edwards Walker.
Only one - Dr. Mary Edwards Walker in January, 1866.
Donna Edwards
yes, Mary Edwards Walker won the Medal of Honor for her amazing service. She was and still is the only woman to have ever won it