Talk:Deborah Sampson

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Uncategorized
This page has numerous mistakes in wikifying and has no sources for any of the material. -- flatluigi (talk/contrib) 12:09, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

This article does not tell me when she got married. She married in 1784EleanorOfWales 16:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

This page needs some serious editorial help. Some paragraphs are practically unreadable. Mragsdale (talk) 18:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC) poppy arctle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:3:3980:278:E0F9:C087:950F:A01C (talk) 22:33, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

names
her kids names
 * Earl, Mary, Paitence,cheslea,malina, andrea maia —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EleanorOfWales (talk • contribs) 23:52, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

Yes, but I think that the what they were named for bit is a little far fetched... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.36.208.117 (talk) 20:38, 28 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't think there is any reason you should think those names "far-fetched." --WConradWalden (talk) 18:50, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

sourcing, mistakes, tone
Yeah, this article is pretty bad (the first female lecturer?); pity, because it would be great to hear more about her.205.212.73.70 09:06, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism?
It seems this article has been vandalized or some parts very poorly written. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.6.65.10 (talk) 13:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

They had twenty children, Shane, Pat, and Smitty. Also Deborah Sampson adopted a African bongo anteater. Seems to be vandalized, also the font size is funny in places. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.6.65.10 (talk) 14:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Isn't her last name spelled Samson instead of Sampson?
 * EleanorOfWales]] 21:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Discharge from Army
The sources at the bottom of the page state that she was discharged by General Washington 24.229.119.116 (talk) 14:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Name
The spelling of her name is actually Samson; it was misspelled by Herman Mann, a newspaper reporter who wrote a book about Samson after she told him about her war experiences. Should the title and text of the article be changed? Nerdygeek101 (talk) 15:10, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I think we should for the sake of accuracy. here is what we could say in the beginning paragraph;


 * Deborah Samson Ganet (December 17, 1765 - April 29, 1827 ), better known as Deborah Sampson, was an...


 * Instead of


 * Deborah Sam p son Ganet...


 * However, I'm not willing to change it yet, as I think we should maybe get one more person to agree. WConradWalden (talk) 21:41, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

It should be changed for accuracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.228.39.178 (talk) 17:15, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Wait, isn't her last name spelled Gannet instead of Ganet? Oh and I agree that the spelling of her last name is Samson- Wikipedia, you should definitely change that. I'm guessing that she is probably named after her mother, as her mother's name is Deborah Bradford Samson.

Contradiction
According to this article

"Deborah Samson Gannett... was the only woman to fight in the Revolutionary War"

However, according to American Revolution

"Women contributed to the American Revolution in many ways... in a few cases like Deborah Samson fighting disguised as men."

According to Women in the American Revolution

"Women who fought in the war were met with ambivalence that fluctuated between admiration and contempt, depending on the woman’s motivation and activity. Devotion to following a man was admired, while those who seemed enticed by the enlistment bounty warranted scorn of enlisted men. (Anna Maria Lane, Margaret Corbin fit under first category, while Ann Bailey (under name Samuel Gay) belonged to 2nd category and was discharged, fined, and put in jail for two weeks, and Anne Smith was condemned for her attempt to join the army in order to secure the enlistment fee.) Deborah Sampson, Hannah Snell, Sally St. Clair successfully hid their gender for a time"

According to Margaret Corbin

"Margaret Corbin... was a woman who fought in the American Revolutionary War"

According to Anne Bailey

"'Mad' Anne Bailey... was a famous story teller and frontier scout who served in the fights of the American Revolutionary War..."

Thus the other articles imply Deborah was not the only one.

Top.Squark (talk) 10:42, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * There, fixed that for you (another five minute's research). You can waste spend your time removing the other templates.  Magic ♪piano 22:57, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Effed up article
I read a biography on her years ago, and it bore little resemblance to this article. Somebody PLEASE fix this mess, cause it's just an awful embarrassment. 24.189.87.160 (talk) 07:37, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Later life and death
It says: "Her grandson, George Washington, erected a monument to her and the Civil War veterans many years later." I don´t think it´s possible, since George Washington was born in 1732 and Deborah Sampson was born in 1760. That´s what I ve found. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.247.57.34 (talk) 00:47, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Apparent vandalism
"She was a horrible teacher and got abused by Jonathan Sampson.It caused Jonathan Sampson to meet the great super hero,The Coon." This appears to opinion not cited, and vandalism. I'm removing it. --Isegot 01:24, 1 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isegot (talk • contribs)

Birth year?
Her birth year is listed inconsistently as 1760 and 1765. Which is it? Alexandrathom (talk) 17:26, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

LGBT
If she wasn't gay or transgender, she should not be listed under "18th century in LGBT history." It is misleading. 17:32, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Hey everybody this is so cool. I'm on wikipedia!!!!!!! ( I bet you can't be this cool. ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.126.17.116 (talk) 00:47, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Adding information about her life before the war
I'm proposing to edit this article, specifically adding information about her life before the war.129.21.138.181 (talk) 16:40, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Height
The average height of Continental soldiers was about 5'8", not 5'6". See: "Asylum for Mankind": America, 1607-1800, Family Cycles: Strength, Decline, and Renewal in American Domestic Life, 1630-2000, The World of the American Revolution: A Daily Life Encyclopedia, &c. That means that Deborah Sampson was not towering over male soldiers when she enlisted as the article implies.73.91.201.158 (talk) 18:26, 30 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Added figure from "Asylum" and reference to existing sentence to provide a range of 5 feet 6 to 5 feet 8. Both sources seem credible, and the range isn't so wide as to be implausible.


 * Billmckern (talk) 20:14, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

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