Mary Richards Bowser

Her Ruby Shoe Moment Mary Richards Bowser took a deep breath as she opened the servant’s door to the Confederate White House. It was her first day as an enslaved servant to Jefferson and Varina Davis. But it was all an act. Little did the Davis family know that Mary was no ordinary servant. In addition to being a free … Read More

Mary Edwards Walker

They called her a “medical monstrosity” simply because she was a doctor who happened to be a woman. Take a trip to the Civil War era to meet Mary Edwards Walker…