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Deborah Sampson's philosophy was that woman deserved equality in life, and were not second to man. Sampson felt very strongly about this because her entire life she was stuck doing what 'woman' were expected to, like cleaning, cooking, and household chores that men put them in charge of.
In May of 1782, Deborah decided she would take a stand on behalf of all woman, and dress up as a man to enlist in the army. Deborah knew if she was caught, death could be the next step, but she didnt let this discourage her, and played her role as a man fiercly. Deborah was such a good soldier that she was selected as the Govenor General's Person Orderly. This means she would do small tasks for the General, and assist him with whatever he pleases.
When shot, the doctors treated her head wound, but she left the hospital before they could attend to the musket balls. Fearful that her true identity would be discovered, she removed one of the balls herself with a penknife and sewing needle, but her leg never fully healed because the other musket ball was too deep for her to reach.
Deborah Sampson was a Democratic leader because she was not forced to join the army, she felt she needed to join in order to prove a point and make a difference for woman worldwide. Deborah was also a Democratic leader because she felt that participating, and taking action was the best way to make a difference, instead of ordering people to make a difference through words and threats.
September 13th, 1781 - At age 21, the U.S won an important battle in Yorktown, Virginia.
August 1st, 1760 - Deborah was born.
June 1st, 1775 - Children started to be trained for war - called Minute Men for their "minute notice" call up for duty.
May 20th, 1782 - Deborah joins army as a Continental soldier for 3 years under name Robert Shurtliff.
May 1st, 1765 - Deborah is sent away to Plympton, Massachusetts to live with her cousins at age 5.
April 1st, 1783 - General Paterson chose Deborah to be his personal orderly. It was a high honor to serve him.
October 1, 1783 - Shurtliff came down with a severe fever. Doctors though she was dead, and while searching for a heartbeat, discovered the wraps and her true gender.
July 4th, 1776 - Congress voted for Declaration of Independance.
October 5, 1778 - Deborah was free from working at the Deacon's house.
October 23rd, 1783 - Her gender is known now, and Deborah is honourably discharged for her heroic acts.
November 1st, 1768 - Mrs. Thatcher takes Deborah in Middleborough - Thatcher grew ill sent away to relatives. Deborah was left behind.
March 7th, 1783 - Ambushed by Tories. Shurtliff suffered from a forehead wound from a slash, and a musketball penetrated in her upper left front thigh. The next day Shurtliff recieved medical care for the forehead wound, but not her leg, "Shurtliff" was afraid that the doctor might find out her identity. When the doctor left, Shurtliff limped out of the hospital, took out her pocketknife, and tried to remove the musket wound from her thigh. The wound, as a result, never healed correctly.
April 7th, 1785 - Deborah marries Gannett.
1785 - The couple had three children, Earl, Mary, and Patience Gannet, and adopted a fourth child, Susanna Baker Shepard, an orphan.
November 4, 1768 - Deacon Thomas took Deborah in if she agreed to do all household chores.
May 2nd, 1784 - Meets Ben Gannett. Ben and Deborah are married shortly after.
January 19th, 1792 - Deborah Sampson was awarded 34 pounds, which included her interest accumulated since her discharge in 1783. It was signed by govenor of Massachusetts, John Hancock.
January 1st, 1797 - Herman Mann, an extremely imaginative and hack writer, wrote a far from factual biography of Deborah Sampson titled " The Female Review; Or, Memoirs of An American Lady." The book contains countless accounts of lies and innacuracies. Mann even accomplished to misspell her last name!
"I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe" -Deborah Sampson
(Meaning she overcame the barriers held against females during the time)
"I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery path of female delicacy, to walk upon the heroic precipice of feminine perdition!" - Deborah Sampson
(Meaning she acknowledges that joining the army was wrong, and walking off the carved path for woman is not something to be proud of, but she did it to make a difference and change history.)
April 29th, 1827 - Deborah died in her son's mansion, located in 300 East St., Sharon, Massachusetts from Yellow Mountain Fever.
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