Mrs' Solder Debra Samson Gannet

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Mrs. Solder Debra Samson Gannet

• Daniel

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Date of Death and life

• Debra Samson was born on December 17,1760 and
  died on April 29, 1827.
• An Indian tried to kill she her but shot him
• instead.

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Famous!!!

• She was the first woman to join the army.
• To do this she disguised herself as a man!
• After leaving the military she gave lectures
  about military experiences

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Life!!!
On may 20,1780 she joined the Continental army

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• She was shot in neck and leg.
• She was honorably discharged from the army on
  October 25,1786 by Henry Knox

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She said

• Why a nation, separated from us by an ocean
  more than three thousand miles in extent, should
  endeavor to enforce on us plans of subjugation,
  the most unnatural in themselves, unjust, inhuman
  in their operations?

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resources

• Debra Samson, WWW.Debra Samson. com