She was given a military funeral in 1913:
- Mary Ann Bickerdyke
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Clara Barton
- Harriet Tubman
- Jane Addams
Daily Quiz for May 3, 2007
She was given a military funeral in 1913:
She was given a military funeral in 1913:
Former slave Harriet Tubman was given a military funeral upon her death in 1913 for her service as a nurse during the Civil War. Already well known for her work to help slaves escape via the Underground Railroad, Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew asked Tubman to help nurse in the military camps early in the war. Late in her life she was awarded a military pension.