what was the name of the woman soldier who dressed up like a man and fought during the revolutionary war?
Deborah Sampson in the Revolutionary War: In the winter of 1781, Sampson began feeling restless and wanted to travel and explore other pursuits. Knowing that her options as a young woman were limited, she came up with the idea of cross-dressing as a man and sought out the advice of a fortune-teller to get some insight into her future, according to her biography The Female Review: