Hit

Essays on Women's Rights

Mary Edwards Walker M.D. (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

170 Seiten

2023
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-7961-1 (ISBN)

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The only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War, Dr. Mary E. Walker (1832-1919) was a surgeon, a public lecturer, and an outspoken champion of women's rights. One of the first women in the country to be awarded a medical degree, she served as an assistant surgeon for the 52nd Ohio Infantry and was cited for valor in going behind enemy lines to attend to the sick. Though her early career was highly distinguished, her subsequent life became controversial and, in some respects, tragic. Always a woman of great independence, she publicly expressed strong opinions about the need for women's rights and harshly criticized prevailing patriarchal attitudes and the enforced subservience of women. After the war she published Hit, an enigmatically titled book in which she advanced her radical ideas on topics from love and marriage and dress reform to woman's suffrage and religion. With an insightful foreword by Walker specialist Mercedes Graf (professor of psychology, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois), this new edition of a little-known work by a pioneering feminist will be of great interest to anyone concerned about women's rights.

Mary E. Walker (1832-1919) was a surgeon, a public lecturer, an outspoken champion of women's rights, and the only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War. One of the first women in the country to be awarded a medical degree, she served as an assistant surgeon for the 52nd Ohio Infantry and was cited for valor in going behind enemy lines to attend to the sick. After the war, Walker became a writer and lecturer, touring here and abroad to speak on women's rights, dress reform, health, and temperance issues.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.01.2023
Reihe/Serie	Classics in Women’s Studies
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	376 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-5381-7961-X / 153817961X
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-7961-1 / 9781538179611
Zustand	Neuware