This week we learn about a military woman from the American Revolution and a French author who wrote The Mirror of Simple Souls in the 13th century.

SAMPSON https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/deborah-sampson http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/womansoldier.html https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/deborah-sampson https://www.britannica.com/biography/Deborah-Sampson http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2010/04/deborah-sampson-gannett.html

PORETE https://www-jstor-org.proxy.brynmawr.edu/stable/j.ctv1qv1tx.8 http://www.uncg.edu/~rebarton/margporete.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/Beguines#ref209863