How many women have won the US Congressional Medal of Honor?

BRY2K

Apparently one, as seen in a question already asked by you, star! http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question76436.html Feb 13 10, 12:59 PM

funnytrivianna

There are 19 http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/21278/female_congressional_gold_medal_recipients.html?cat=37 Feb 13 10, 1:19 PM

queproblema

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 A purge of dubious awards in 1916-1917 rescinded her medal and 910 others.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. Walker, the only woman awarded the Medal of Honor, with a 20- cent first-class postage stamp in 1982." http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=42772 The Congressional Gold Medal is sometimes confused with this wartime honor for "[Conspicuous] gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against any enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Gold_Medal Feb 13 10, 6:50 PM