Independence: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker
Sierra Madre Playhouse
87 W Sierra Madre Blvd Sierra Madre
87 W Sierra Madre Blvd Sierra Madre
A show about the woman who was a battlefield surgeon, a prisoner of war, an abolitionist, a suffragist, and the only female recipient of the Congessional Medal of honor. Dr. Mary Walker (1832-1919) was the first female surgeon in the U.S. Army, a suffragist, an abolitionist, a prohibitionist, endured four months in a Confederate prison and remains, to this day, the only woman out of over 3500 recipients to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, our country's highest honor.
Thru - Apr 10, 2022