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[–]Cuppatea 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So true. More than 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. I have some awareness of this because a friend is writing a book about it. They HAD to dress as men, and many joined because they were single women with no family and needed the money.