Deborah Sampson became a hero of the American Revolution when she disguised herself as a man and joined the Patriot forces. She was the only woman to earn a full military pension for participation in the Revolutionary army.

Deborah Sampson was an American Revolutionary soldier and one of the earliest female lecturers in the country. Assuming a man’s identity, she enlisted as ‘Robert Shurtleff’ and fought in the war until a bout with fever uncovered her identity. Sampson later …

2020年6月17日 · Deborah endured the incessant cannonade from the enemy, got blisters digging trenches, and was part of a detachment that stormed a British redoubt. On October 19, 1781, Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington.

In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was barreling toward its conclusion, a woman named Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man, enlisted in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment under the name...

Deborah Sampson, a notable figure of the American Revolutionary War, enlisted in the Continental Army under the alias Robert Shurtleff. In a time when women were restricted from combat roles, Sampson defied norms by serving in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment.

2021年12月3日 · America’s first recognized female soldier, Deborah Sampson, would be a blazing example of America’s women being active in this founding conflict. Jacqueline Nelson explains. Portrait of Deborah Sampson.

2018年11月21日 · Deborah Sampson (Dec. 17, 1760 – April 29, 1827) enlisted as a soldier, saw action in heated skirmishes, was wounded, and during her seventeen months in her disguise as a man, had won the “applause” of her officers and fellow soldiers in arms.

2 天之前 · Deborah Sampson Testifies About Her Service. During the Revolutionary War, Deborah Samson and an unknown number of women dressed as men in order to fight. Using the alias "Robert Shurtleff," Sampson served with the 4th Massachusetts Regiment for two years before being injured and honorably discharged.

Sampson died of yellow mountain fever in April of 1827 and was buried in Rock Ridge cemetery in Sharon, Mass. After her death, several statues and monuments were erected in her honor in Sharon. Over a century later, the Massachusetts legislature named Sampson the official state heroine and declared May 23 “Deborah Sampson Day.”

2015年5月17日 · Deborah Sampson is the official heroine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No truer patriot ever lived. She not only participated in the birth of her nation, on peril of her life, but she embodied principles of equality that modern patriots still strive to achieve.