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Mary Edwards Walker is a significant figure in U.S. history due to her ____________________, and her unique status as the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. She challenged gender norms and societal expectations through her dress and her professional pursuits, leaving a lasting impact on both the medical field and the women's rights movement.

• tireless work as a nurse in the Civil War
• inventiveness for making new medical devices
• dependent service as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad
• observed pioneering work as a surgeon in the Civil War