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Women's History Month 2017
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Free.Location:
John Peter Zenger GalleryDates & Times
Date:
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Time:
11:00 AM, 2:00 PM
Duration:
11 hours
Description
Don't miss the opportunity to learn about Deborah Sampson Gannett, America's oft-forgotten revolutionary war heroine. Hear more about this remarkable, yet ordinary woman.
Honorably discharged at the end of the war in 1783.
Deborah or Private Robert Shurtleff, as she was known to the Army returned to Massachusetts, married a farmer and raised three children plus a foundling whose mother died in childbirth.
Working mom that she was, she also published her memoirs, did some business with Paul Revere at Cobb's Tavern in Sharon, Massachusetts and traveled extensively, presenting her wartime experiences to audience throughout New England.
For almost 30 years, she petitioned government officials for back pay and benefits she believed she was owned for her military service.
Honorably discharged at the end of the war in 1783.
Deborah or Private Robert Shurtleff, as she was known to the Army returned to Massachusetts, married a farmer and raised three children plus a foundling whose mother died in childbirth.
Working mom that she was, she also published her memoirs, did some business with Paul Revere at Cobb's Tavern in Sharon, Massachusetts and traveled extensively, presenting her wartime experiences to audience throughout New England.
For almost 30 years, she petitioned government officials for back pay and benefits she believed she was owned for her military service.
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