Margaret Corbin
Birth Date: November 12, 1751
Brith Place: Franklin County Pennsylvania
Died: 1800
Place of Death: Westchester County, New York
Age When She Died: 49
Cause of Death: Unknown
Why She's Important: First Woman to take a soldier's part in the war for Liberty and she became the first woman in the United Sates to receive an annual payment from the goverment as a disabled soldier.
Important Facts:
Husband was a matross, Corbin help him with the loading then soon she did the loading and then her husband died so she end up doing the loading and the firing.
The British noticed how good her aim was and started to shoot at her, she was critically wounded ( her jaw, chest, and her left arm was almost severed.)
Brith Place: Franklin County Pennsylvania
Died: 1800
Place of Death: Westchester County, New York
Age When She Died: 49
Cause of Death: Unknown
Why She's Important: First Woman to take a soldier's part in the war for Liberty and she became the first woman in the United Sates to receive an annual payment from the goverment as a disabled soldier.
Important Facts:
Husband was a matross, Corbin help him with the loading then soon she did the loading and then her husband died so she end up doing the loading and the firing.
The British noticed how good her aim was and started to shoot at her, she was critically wounded ( her jaw, chest, and her left arm was almost severed.)