2024-07-292024-07-292007-09-16https://hdl.handle.net/10929/137511Some women found ways to join the fight for independence. Margaret Corbin, for example, disguised herself as a man and traveled with her husband to the front lines of the Battle of Fort Washington, where she helped him load his cannon. When her husband was shot by enemy fire, Margaret carried on fighting, even though she had been shot three times. She was given a military pension in acknowledgment of her efforts, and years after her death was reburied at West Point with full military honors.Original file name American Women During Revolution (1).jpg1917 x 2723Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Women SoldiersWomen Soldiers in the Continental ArmyRole Women in the American RevolutionJockey HollowMorristown National Historical ParkHistoric MorristownNational Historical ParkThe American RevolutionAmerican HistoryUS HistoryGeorge WashingtonContinental ArmyWinter EncampmentHistoryMorristownThe Ford MansionMorris CountyThe American Revolution in New JerseyThe SkylandsLakelandNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State