Daughters of America : or, Women of the century / by Phebe A.Hanaford. Augusta, Me.: True and Co., 1883, c1882 Special Collections, E176 .H26 1883 Chapter II, Women of the Revolution, includes stories of little-know deeds of women in the revolution. It includes the story of Deborah Samson of Plymouth, Massachusetts, who disguised herself as a man named Robert Shirtliffe and served during the whole of the Revolutionary war.  Her secret remained undiscovered until her sex was discovered by a physician when she had brain-fever. With her identity uncovered, she was given a discharge by George Washington himself.