- Date:
- 1790
- Original Format:
- Fine Print Illustration
- Item#:
- 45.455
Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson was the first known American woman to impersonate a man in order to join the army. Sampson enlisted in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army at Bellingham as a man named Robert Shurtleff (also listed as Shirtliff or Shirtlieff).