1861年,Sarah Emma Edmonds伪装成男子,在联军服役,并成为第一批领取军事养老金的妇女之一。 In 1861, Sarah Emma Edmonds, disguised as a man, served in the Union Army and became one of the first women to receive a military pension.

1861年,萨拉·艾玛·埃德蒙兹(Sarah Emma Edmonds),加拿大出生的一位妇女,在弗林特定居,以别名富兰克林·汤普森(Franklin Thompson)的名义加入联合军,在密歇根州第二步兵连F(F)F(Flint Union Greys)服役近两年。 In 1861, Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who settled in Flint, enlisted in the Union Army under the alias Franklin Thompson, serving nearly two years with the 2nd Michigan Infantry’s Company F, the Flint Union Greys. 她伪装成一个男子,履行与战斗有关的职责,包括照顾受伤士兵和从战场上搬运伤员。 Disguised as a man, she performed combat-related duties including tending to wounded soldiers and carrying the injured from battlefields. 她的身份在战后暴露了,但是她的同志们支持她,帮助她成为第一批从国会领取军事养老金的妇女之一。 Her identity was revealed after the war, but her comrades supported her, helping her become one of the first women to receive a military pension from Congress.