In this biography, "Dr. Mary Walker," Sharon M. Harris steers away from a simplistic view and showcases Walker as a Medal of Honor recipient, examining her work as an activist, author, and Civil War surgeon, along with the many nineteenth-century issues she championed: political, social, medical, and legal reforms, abolition, temperance, gender equality, U.S. imperialism, and the New Woman. Rich in research and keyed to a new generation, "Dr. Mary Walker" captures its subject's articulate political voice, public self, and the realities of an individual whose ardent beliefs in justice helped shape the radical politics of her time.

1 "Give me liberty of thought":
2 Dress Reform and The Sibyl
3 "The ark of reform"
4 Surgeon, Spy, and Prisoner of War
5 Interlude
6 Touring Britain
7 "A Representative Woman"
8 A Crusader's Hit
9 Women's Rights Unmasked
10 The Courtroom, the Legislature, Party Politics
11 A Pragmatic Utopia
12 Anti-Imperialism and the World Stage
13 The Age of Alienation
14 "Dear Old Native Land"
Epilogue