Staci+S.+-+I+am+Deborah+sampson

This year for Mr. Armstrong's "I Am" project, I am Deborah Sampsons Gannett. I already knew, (before I researched) that she was the first woman to be recognized who fought at the Revolutionary war toward British.(Holt Social studies. PDF or textbook) As I researched I found out that Deborah Sampson was born in Plympton, Massachusetts USA. She was the fifth child in the family. But soon after she was born, her father abounded the family. After her father left, her family; soon after at age of ten, she was sold to Jeremian Thomas family as indentured servant. While, she served as an indentured servant she has got good education to read and write by over hearing, books or tagged along with the Thomas's son. She also got strong and healthy. When she became a grown up she had alot of interest in politics; at the same time she served as a local schoolteacher. During the school years the revolutionary war has irrupt and she disguised as a man and joined the army as "Robert Sherman." Even though she was five feet seven inches, the men in the army saw her as a short boy with no beard growing. As time went by, she got injured a few times; once she was shot by a bullet and got injured seriously but to hide her gender, she took out the bullet and cured herself. Like this, she has served in the Army for 3 years. Her sex was reviled when she got a serious fever and taken to a doctor. While I was researching, I had many what if questions; such as "What if she didn't join the army?" "What if her gender wasn't reviled forever?" But the Big question that I have on this project is:
 * [[image:g23639_u22518_portrait.gif align="left" caption="Deborah Sampson Gannett" link="http://www.myhero.com/myhero/heroprint.asp?hero=dsam"]]Deborah Sampson**


 * "Did Deborah Sampson fought for women rights or was she fighting for herself?"**

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 * Timeline**

=Primary Sources= Video (none) Visual**
 * Document**
 * [|Paul Revers letter to General Wasington due to Deborah's injury]
 * Audio (none)
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 * [|Deborah Sampson's article]
 * [|Deborah Sampson's biography]