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Deborah Sampson

Born: December 17, 1760

Plympton, Massachusetts

Robert Shurtlieff

Power to Women

  • Defied social stereotypes and laws

Truth Revealed

Acts of Power

  • Became ill with fever
  • Dr. Benjamin Binney
  • Receives honorable discharge

Hiding the Truth and Leaving a Mark

The Head Injury and A Pistol

Abraham Van Tassel

  • Leading a group of 30 soldiers
  • Head on with Tories
  • Gash on head
  • Shot in thigh
  • Announced healthy before wounds had healed
  • Lived in an attic with Richard Snow
  • Attacks with help of Tassel's daughter

Following Roles

Worked For Herself

Sent Away At 10

  • Freed at 18
  • Worked two summer teaching programs
  • Weaved during the winter

  • Father Jonathon Sampson never returned
  • Oldest of 7 siblings
  • Mother Deborah Sampson sent away to Deacon Thomas an indentured servant

Robert Shurtlieff

  • Tested disguise
  • Joins the Army at 21 years old
  • Spring 1781; 4th Massachusetts Regiment

Bibliography

"Deborah-Sampson." Deborah-Sampson. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Web. 12 May 2014.

"National Women's History Museum." Education & Resources. National Women's History Museum. Web. 12 May 2014.

"Revolutionary War - Soldier Deborah Sampson." Revolutionary War - Soldier Deborah Sampson. Sons of the American Revolution. Web. 12 May 2014.

"Women of the Revolution: Deborah Sampson." The Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2006. Web. 12 May 2014.

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