As we celebrate the Fourth of July and the birth of our country, we pause to remember some of the women who fought to secure our independence. What women did at this time was not matter-of-fact, comfortable for most people or even “accepted.” Even today, our military is still not fully comfortable with American women in combat on the front lines of wars in which we still engage. In the War against England(the Revolutionary War), some women fought disguised as men. Others fought beside their husbands. Others assumed their husbands’ positions after their deaths in the fighting. In this edition of our newsletter, we profile Margaret Corbin, Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, and Deborah Sampson.
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