fuckyeahwarriorwomen: [ Image: A colour photograph of a pale skinned woman with short brown hair, in the uniform of the Continental Army (the armed forces formed by the colonies that became the USA). The uniform consists of white pants and a matching high collared tunic fastened with a long line of metallic buttons, held in place with a dark leather belt that matches her throat protector. Over this she wears a dark navy blue jacket with broad deep red cuffs, collar and trim all decorated with more of the same metallic buttons. The uniform is completed by a dark navy blue tricorn hat trimmed with pale yellow ribbon. Bone coloured cloth webbing forms an X over her chest. A long barrel musket is held butt-down in her left hand. ] inmaledress: Women Warriors: Deborah Samson Gannett by emulatingeve on Flickr. Deborah Samson Gannett (December 17, 1760 - April 29, 1827), better known as Deborah Sampson, was an American woman who impersonated a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She is one of a small number of women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war.  She served 17 months in the army, as “Robert Shurtlieff”, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was wounded in 1782 and honorably discharged at West Point in 1783.

fuckyeahwarriorwomen:

[ Image: A colour photograph of a pale skinned woman with short brown hair, in the uniform of the Continental Army (the armed forces formed by the colonies that became the USA). The uniform consists of white pants and a matching high collared tunic fastened with a long line of metallic buttons, held in place with a dark leather belt that matches her throat protector. Over this she wears a dark navy blue jacket with broad deep red cuffs, collar and trim all decorated with more of the same metallic buttons. The uniform is completed by a dark navy blue tricorn hat trimmed with pale yellow ribbon. Bone coloured cloth webbing forms an X over her chest. A long barrel musket is held butt-down in her left hand. ]

inmaledress:

Women Warriors: Deborah Samson Gannett by emulatingeve on Flickr.

Deborah Samson Gannett (December 17, 1760 - April 29, 1827), better known as Deborah Sampson, was an American woman who impersonated a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She is one of a small number of women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war.  She served 17 months in the army, as “Robert Shurtlieff”, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was wounded in 1782 and honorably discharged at West Point in 1783.

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    I learned about Deborah Sampson watching Liberty’s Kids. Love that cartoon!
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    “Women who fought in wars” was a favorite subject for my reports in school. Also, the model/re-enactor in the picture is...
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