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A.R.T. DEBORAH SAMPSON UNVEILED: A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION
Disguising herself as a man in order to fight, Massachusetts native Deborah Sampson (1760 – 1827) is the only woman known to have received a full pension for serving in the Continental Army fighting for American independence. Two years after an honorable discharge, Sampson married, lived as a farmer’s wife, and delivered lectures about her […]
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