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[Gregory Matthews]

The following six (6) women are known in U.S. history as having made a contribution to the life that we life that we live today.  The dates given are to allow you to set the time frame in which they lived.  They may or may not be the dates that they made this contribution.  All six of these women are united together by one common denominator.  What is that?  What is the contribution that they made to the life  that we live today.

Mary Ludwig Hays  1778  NOTE:  Her husband died in the situation in which she made her contribution to our life.  

Deborah Sampson   1781  Note:  Her contribution has resulted in a proposed 2017 law, which has not yet been voted upon.

Anna Maria Lane  1776  NOTE:  Virginia granted her a lifetime pension that was more than twice that granted to males.

Margaret Cochran Corbin   1776  NOTE:  On one occasion she served time as a prisoner, for her contribution to our life.

Jennie Hodgers  1862  NOTE:  For her efforts, she served some time  in an insane asylum.

Susan Rosetta Wakeman   1862  NOTE:  Her contribution become known some time after her death.

 

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Mary Ludwig Hays  1778:   aka Molly Pitcher:  Mary accompanied her husband who was a artillery gunner, where she in a battle on June 28, 1778 carried water

to the gunners and to cool their cannons.  When her husband collapsed in the heat, she took over the job of firing the cannon.    

Deborah Sampson   1781 In April of 1781 she enlisted in the 4th Massachusetts regiment as Private Robert Shurtleff.  When wounded in her thigh, she

self-treated hoer wound in an attempt to prevent the discovery of her actual sex.    After the discovery of her gender, she was given an honorable discharge

on October 23, 1783.  In May of 2017, 'Congresswoman Esty introduced the Deborah Sampson act  which requires the VA to expand assistance to  separating

female veterans.  Congress has not voted on this bill yet.

Anna Maria Lane  1776  She accompanied her husband into battles during the Revolutionary war.  During time, she donned the uniform and fought like any soldier. 

In 1806 The State of Virginia granted her a pension of $100 per year, which was slightly more than double that granted to males who had fought.

Margaret Cochran Corbin    1776  aka Captain Molly:  She took over the place of her husband when he was killed in a battle in November of 1776.  

She was

taken prisoner by the British who released her once they determined that she was a female.  At that point, she was assigned to the corps of invalids at \

West Point, and treated as a wounded soldier.  

She remained in that capacity until discharge in 1783.  She received both State and Federal pensions beginning in 1783.

Jennie Hodgers  1862  In 1862, she enlisted in the 95th Illinois Infantry under the name of Albert Cashier.    She served for three (3) years and took part in 

some 40 battles.  Upon her discharge, she was granted a pension and residency in the Soldiers' Home in Ill.  Once it was revealed that she was a female,

she was transfered to an insane asylum and forced to wear female clothing.  Upon her death in 1915, she was buried in her Civil war uniform.      

Susan Rosetta Wakeman   1862  She served in the Union Army, under the name of Pvt. Lyons Wakeman.  She fought    in battles in 1863 and died of

diarrhea in 1864.  She was burried under the name of Pvt. Lyons Wakeman.

NOTE:  My source for the above is:  Christina wood, "Determined to Serve."  Military Officer, March 2018, Pages 78 -82.