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womentoknow: DEBORAH SAMPSON Who: Deborah Sampson What: An American woman who impersonated a man to be able to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. When: Born December 17, 1760. Died April 29, 1827. Where: She was born in Plympton, Massachusetts and fought her first battle in Tarrytown, New York. She eventually married in Stoughton, Massachusetts.  Why: Feeling the need to serve her part in the war, she enlisted under the name of her deceased brother, Robert Shurtleff Samson. Want to learn more? Click here and here.

womentoknow:

DEBORAH SAMPSON

Who: Deborah Sampson

What: An American woman who impersonated a man to be able to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

When: Born December 17, 1760. Died April 29, 1827.

Where: She was born in Plympton, Massachusetts and fought her first battle in Tarrytown, New York. She eventually married in Stoughton, Massachusetts. 

Why: Feeling the need to serve her part in the war, she enlisted under the name of her deceased brother, Robert Shurtleff Samson.

Want to learn more?

Click here and here.

December 28 at 9:51pm via womentoknow
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    She’s the state heroine of Massachusetts. Just saying…
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