Would be the revolutionary heroic woman Deborah Sampson of Plympton, Massachusetts, who was possibly one of the first women to enlist in the army disguised as a man. During the Revolutionary War she wanted to help, but they did not allow girls to join the army. She decided she could join the army if she pretended to be a man. She practiced walking and talking like a man until she could even fool her mother. She was ready. She became an enlisted “man” using the name Robert Shurtleff.

“Robert” was a good, brave soldier and volunteered for some dangerous jobs. The other soldiers were proud of him/her.

She developed a fever and was put in the hospital. The doctor discovered that “Robert” was actually a woman. He took her to his family’s home to get well. She was given an honorable discharge from the army.

Paul Revere wrote a letter to Congress asking for her to be given a pension. She began receiving four dollars a month.

She died at the age of sixty-six.

All I can say is,

“You Go Girl”

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