Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Not all of the soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War were men.

This week, we look at Deborah Sampson, the woman who disguised herself as a man and joined the Continental army. We'll learn about her upbringing, why she decided to join the military, the war wound she received and how she fixed it herself, how she was found out, and how she received a full military pension from the government.

Read more about Deborah Sampson:
womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/deborah-sampson
mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/deborah-sampson
archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/22/she_fought_in_revolution_disguised_as_a_man/?page=full
historyofmassachusetts.org/deborah-sampson-woman-warrior-of-the-american-revoultion

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