Disadvantages For Women During The Revolutionary War
Disadvantages for Women
Deborah Samson Gannett, from Plymouth, Massachusetts, was one of the first American woman soldiers. In 1782, she enlisted under the name of her deceased brother, Robert Shurtleff Samson. For 17 months, Samson served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. When she was wounded she had to cut a musket ball out of her own thigh so a doctor wouldn't find out she was a woman. Years later, in 1804, Samson was awarded a pension for her service. This is one of the bad things that women went through just to be able to serve our country. Many of the other women did the same thing as Deborah, but some were not as lucky as her and died as men and their true gender was not revealed. One cannot blame the country for this, they can just blame the injustices there was during those …show more content…
In the early days they had to disguise themselves to serve with the men. When they were finally accepted into the military, they were given auxiliary roles nothing too important. Later on during World War I the U.S Navy and Marines allowed women to enlist. In World War II about 350,000 women were serving as nurses. Some of them were captured and held captive for three years by the Japanese. After that the Navy, Marines, and the Coastal Guard decided to establish their own reserves for women. The 1991 Gulf War was also the first war where women served with men in integrated units within a warzone. After 1,194 women continued to play on more active roles in the wars. In the late 20th Century the Pentagon began to realize that gender matters less on the battlefield. In 2012, the Pentagon announced the women could now go into battalions in which they would have more opportunities. Last year in 2015 women made up about 15% of the U.S military and combat jobs are now open to women. There has been such a drastic change throughout the years and this is very good for both the women and the U.S
Deborah Samson Gannett, from Plymouth, Massachusetts, was one of the first American woman soldiers. In 1782, she enlisted under the name of her deceased brother, Robert Shurtleff Samson. For 17 months, Samson served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. When she was wounded she had to cut a musket ball out of her own thigh so a doctor wouldn't find out she was a woman. Years later, in 1804, Samson was awarded a pension for her service. This is one of the bad things that women went through just to be able to serve our country. Many of the other women did the same thing as Deborah, but some were not as lucky as her and died as men and their true gender was not revealed. One cannot blame the country for this, they can just blame the injustices there was during those …show more content…
In the early days they had to disguise themselves to serve with the men. When they were finally accepted into the military, they were given auxiliary roles nothing too important. Later on during World War I the U.S Navy and Marines allowed women to enlist. In World War II about 350,000 women were serving as nurses. Some of them were captured and held captive for three years by the Japanese. After that the Navy, Marines, and the Coastal Guard decided to establish their own reserves for women. The 1991 Gulf War was also the first war where women served with men in integrated units within a warzone. After 1,194 women continued to play on more active roles in the wars. In the late 20th Century the Pentagon began to realize that gender matters less on the battlefield. In 2012, the Pentagon announced the women could now go into battalions in which they would have more opportunities. Last year in 2015 women made up about 15% of the U.S military and combat jobs are now open to women. There has been such a drastic change throughout the years and this is very good for both the women and the U.S