I watched Beck's Founders' Friday show on Women of the American Revolution. I had never heard of Deborah Sampson. The female patriot who enlisted and dressed like a man to fight for freedom in the Revolutionary War. Did you see that part of the show? Amazing. Think about that. 1782. A woman who dressed like a man, bound her chest tightly, and treated a battle wound herself, in the military in 1782. She actually received a military pension. I looked up other information about her after the show. She is a hero. Why didn't we learn that in school?
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