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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CupidStunt13 on 2024-06-28 00:28:49+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Mary Edwards Walker, the only female recipient of the Medal of Honor, was a surgeon, abolitionist, prisoner of war and freethinker who challenged traditional gender roles. She was also a pioneer in a Victorian dress reform movement called “rational dress” as seen in photographs of the time