Doctor Mary Walker
The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast
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The Hair of a Woman in the Civil War
She wore her hair down and, you know, kind of tucked behind her ears to show that she was a woman. She cut her curls and sold them to pay for some supplies for soldiers. So personal vanity went by the wayside when people were in need. The men that she treated pretty much fell in love with her,. This little, slight woman, determined, unafraid. They're for them.
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