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We explore how Martha Washington and Deborah Sampson advanced the Revolution through very different forms of leadership. One shaped morale and public life; the other broke barriers to fight and spy under a borrowed name.
• Pairing Martha Washington and Deborah Sampson through military connection
• Deborah Sampson’s enlistment as Robert Shirtliff and covert missions
• Self-treatment of wounds to protect her identity
• Discovery, honorable discharge, and veteran legacy
• Martha Washington’s destroyed correspondence and historical traces
• Presence at Valley Forge and role in sustaining morale
• Defining the social tone for the early capital and first ladies
• Multiple models of women’s leadership including Abigail Adams
• Service, virtue, and contributing to ends larger than self
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Chapters
1. Martha Washington And Deborah Sampson: Two Paths Of Courage (00:00:00)
2. Setting The Stage: Two Founders (00:01:32)
3. Why Pair Martha And Deborah (00:02:07)
4. Deborah Sampson’s Disguise And Service (00:03:32)
5. Missions, Wounds, And Discovery (00:06:18)
6. Honor, Afterlife, And Legacy (00:08:57)
7. Martha Washington’s Lost Letters (00:10:30)
8. Valley Forge And Moral Support (00:13:17)
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