Ep.79 - Deborah Sampson Gannett
Jun 18, 2024•4 min•Season 1Ep. 79
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Episode description
That's a Man, Baby!
The first woman to ever receive a pension for her service in the US Armed Forces was a Revolutionary-era woman named Deborah Sampson...who actually spent her entire military career pretending to be a man named Bob.
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