She didn't come to the battlefield with a uniform, but with conviction. When her husband fell beside their cannon at Fort Washington, Margaret Corbin didn't cry out—she loaded the next round. Gritting through the smoke and chaos, she fired until her body could no longer keep up with her will. Wounded, scarred, and nearly forgotten, she became the first woman in American history to receive a military pension—not for tending the wounded, but for standing and fighting as one of

Anna Maria Lane wasn’t looking to make a statement — she was fighting to survive and stand by her husband. Disguised as a man, she battled through the Revolutionary War, earning a rare pension and a place in history. Her name is finally resurfacing 250 years later.