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Early CareerIn 1855, she graduated from Syracuse Medical College in New York. In addition to practicing medicine, Walker spoke and wrote on dress reform, personally wearing an outfit consisting of a knee-length dress worn over trousers. This practical but unusual attire subjected her to considerable ridicule, opposition, and controversy. Soon after the start of the Civil War, Walker went to Washington, DC, to apply as a military surgeon for the Union army. She was turned down for a commission because she was a woman, she had graduated from an eclectic medical college, and she dressed in a controversial manner.
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