Abstract
Toward end of her eccentric life, when her crusades for dress reform and feminism had fizzled out, Dr. Mary Walker settled down to become a local character on family farm in Oswego, New York. On October 19, 1895, Oswego Times ran a facetious article about her desire to found a community of women on her land, to be called the Adamless Eden: It was to be a colony for young women who would pledge themselves to single blessedness. They would work and study, and eventually go forth as samples of new womanhood. This report was followed by a chuckly burlesque by Bill Nye. In December Metropolitan Magazine ran a heavily respectful piece about idea with quotes from Mary Walker:
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