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1. Mary Hardway Walker (1st marriage Edwards : 6 May 1848? - 1 December 1969) was a former slave who became "the nation's oldest student" when she learned to read at the age of 116.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hardway_Walker.

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Mary Edwards Walker, M.D. (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919, commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war and surgeon. She is the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Edwards_Walker

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Walker was a slave who escaped from North Carolina to the North, and spent 17 years trying to reunify her family. After the Civil Ware and Emancipation, the family was finally reunited.
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