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“Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.”

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Deborah Sampson

Military woman during the American Revolutionary War, known for fighting as a man and being recognized as the first female soldier in American history. more

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