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Masquerade: Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier
September 29, 2004
Alfred F. Young historian, writer
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich historian, 1991 Pulitzer Prize
Joan Gatturna storyteller, performer

Historian Alfred Young, author of Masquerade, and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich examine Americans' public memory of Deborah Sampson and other Revolutionary-era women. Performer and storyteller Joan Gatturna brings Deborah Sampson to life in a dramatic first-person performance.

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