Deborah Samson Gannet,better known as Deborah Sampson,she was an American women who impersonated a man in order to serve the Continental Army.During the Revolution she was the only woman to fight int the revolutionary war.
She served 17 months in the army,with the name of Robert Shurttiff of Uxbridge,Massachusetts,was wounded on war and discharged honorably at West point.
When she turned 18 and was released indenture serfdom with the Thomas Family,she became a school teacher rejecting the suggestion of getting marry.Eventhough later on she did get married.
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