What Role Did Women Play In The Revolutionary War
Women took many roles in the Revolutionary War. Frome supportive jobs like nurses, cooks, and maids to do jobs like spies. Women did more than their share to help win American Independence.
Deborah was born in Plympton, Massachusetts on December 17, 1760. She is the oldest of seven children of Jonathan and Deborah Bradford Sampson. Jonathan left his family and then moved to Maine. Her mother was in poor health and could not support her children, so she sent them off to live with various friends and family. Deborah was five when taken by spinster, where she was sent to work in the home of Reverend Thatcher.
At the age of eight she became the servant for Jeremiah Thomas. For about ten years she helped do the farming and household work, she …show more content…
Deborah had received two musket ball in her thighs and a forehead wound. She beg her soldier to leave her there to die and not take her to the hospital, but instead one of the soldiers put her on a horse and rode six miles to the nearest hospital. The doctor treated her head wound, but Deborah feared that if he treated her thigh wounds that he would discover her true identity. So later on she removed one of the musket balls with a penknife and a sewing needle. Her legs never healed because the other balls was to deep down for her to reach it. She had to recover from her injury before she was able to rejoin her …show more content…
the job entitles her to have a better life, food, and less danger. The summer of 1783 Deborah came down with malignant fever and while the doctor was treating her he realized there was a band that was around her breasts. The doctor discovered that her breast were covered,and found out that it was part of her disguise. He knew Deborah secret. He did not say anything when she woke up, he just brought her to house his house where his wife and daughter treated her thing it was a boy the whole time.
After Sampson return to the army. In September 1783 peace was made by the signing of the Treaty of Paris. On October 25, 1783 Henry knox honorably discharged Deborah Sampson from the army at West Point. Deborah went back to Plympton, her mom disapproved her of dressing like a man. While living with her aunt and uncle, Deborah met a man named Benjamin Gannett. Deborah started to dress like a women. She soon became
Deborah was born in Plympton, Massachusetts on December 17, 1760. She is the oldest of seven children of Jonathan and Deborah Bradford Sampson. Jonathan left his family and then moved to Maine. Her mother was in poor health and could not support her children, so she sent them off to live with various friends and family. Deborah was five when taken by spinster, where she was sent to work in the home of Reverend Thatcher.
At the age of eight she became the servant for Jeremiah Thomas. For about ten years she helped do the farming and household work, she …show more content…
Deborah had received two musket ball in her thighs and a forehead wound. She beg her soldier to leave her there to die and not take her to the hospital, but instead one of the soldiers put her on a horse and rode six miles to the nearest hospital. The doctor treated her head wound, but Deborah feared that if he treated her thigh wounds that he would discover her true identity. So later on she removed one of the musket balls with a penknife and a sewing needle. Her legs never healed because the other balls was to deep down for her to reach it. She had to recover from her injury before she was able to rejoin her …show more content…
the job entitles her to have a better life, food, and less danger. The summer of 1783 Deborah came down with malignant fever and while the doctor was treating her he realized there was a band that was around her breasts. The doctor discovered that her breast were covered,and found out that it was part of her disguise. He knew Deborah secret. He did not say anything when she woke up, he just brought her to house his house where his wife and daughter treated her thing it was a boy the whole time.
After Sampson return to the army. In September 1783 peace was made by the signing of the Treaty of Paris. On October 25, 1783 Henry knox honorably discharged Deborah Sampson from the army at West Point. Deborah went back to Plympton, her mom disapproved her of dressing like a man. While living with her aunt and uncle, Deborah met a man named Benjamin Gannett. Deborah started to dress like a women. She soon became