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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
A Medal of Honor recipient for her Civil War service as a physician, Mary Walker was a prominent member of both the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). In her 1873 book, Walker reasoned against a woman suffrage amendment. She contended that, as citizens, women already had the vote -- Congress just needed to recognize that right. This, along with supporting divorce and wearing men's style suits, damaged Walker's relationship with Anthony. She is conspicuously absent from The History of Woman Suffrage. |