How many women have won the US Congressional Medal of Honor?
The answer is still the same: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker is the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor, widely known as the Congressional Medal of Honor. She received it for working as a doctor and spy during the Civil War. She was held prisoner by the Confederates for four months. A purge of dubious awards in 1916-1917 rescinded her medal and 910 others. She refused to surrender it, and in 1977 a great-great-niece succeeded in having Pres. Carter restore it. “The U.S. Postal Service honored Civil War Dr. Mary E.
