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Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832-1919
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Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832-1919 Hardcover - 2009

by Sharon M. Harris

From the publisher

A suffragist who wore pants. This is just the simplest of ways Dr. Mary Walker is recognized in the fields of literature, feminist and gender studies, history, psychology, and sociology.

Perhaps more telling about her life are the words of an 1866 London Anglo-American Times reporter, "Her strange adventures, thrilling experiences, important services and marvelous achievements exceed anything that modern romance or fiction has produced. . . . She has been one of the greatest benefactors of her sex and of the human race."

In this biography Sharon M. Harris steers away from a simplistic view and showcases Walker as a Medal of Honor recipient, examining her work as an activist, author, and Civil War surgeon, along with the many nineteenth-century issues she championed: political, social, medical, and legal reforms, abolition, temperance, gender equality, U.S. imperialism, and the New Woman.

Rich in research and keyed to a new generation, Dr. Mary Walker captures its subject's articulate political voice, public self, and the realities of an individual whose ardent beliefs in justice helped shape the radical politics of her time.

From the jacket flap

In this biography, "Dr. Mary Walker," Sharon M. Harris steers away from a simplistic view and showcases Walker as a Medal of Honor recipient, examining her work as an activist, author, and Civil War surgeon, along with the many nineteenth-century issues she championed: political, social, medical, and legal reforms, abolition, temperance, gender equality, U.S. imperialism, and the New Woman. Rich in research and keyed to a new generation, "Dr. Mary Walker" captures its subject's articulate political voice, public self, and the realities of an individual whose ardent beliefs in justice helped shape the radical politics of her time.

Details

  • Title Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832-1919
  • Author Sharon M. Harris
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 330
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rutgers University Press
  • Date 2009-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780813546117 / 0813546117
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Physicians - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009000781
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Choice, 05/01/2010, Page 0
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 01/15/2010, Page 20
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2010, Page 282

About the author

Sharon M. Harris is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. She is the author of several books, among them Executing Race: Early Women's Narratives of Race, Society, and the Law, and the coeditor of the forthcoming Feminist Reader.

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