Deborah Sampson Cross-Dresses to Fight the British (feat. Evan Rachel Wood)

Deborah Sampson Cross-Dresses to Fight the British (feat. Evan Rachel Wood) - Drunk History

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Deborah Sampson demonstrates great courage by disguising herself as a man to fight for America in the Revolutionary War.
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@MagicalHatStudios 5 жыл бұрын

She was honorably discharged but also severely handicapped by her leg wound and was initially denied her pension because she was a woman. She wrote to Ben Franklin asking for help and he spoke on her behalf about her right to a military pension for her service.

@daniellemhall1358 5 жыл бұрын

That's actually really commendable.

@izyans.j1285 5 жыл бұрын

@I. Wynn Wynn YES. According to Revolutionary War Journal .. "as in April of 1781, detailing the economic hardships since discharge compounded by her wounds received in action. Her petition was accepted and her continued pension was approved."

@thisisajang 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, poor lady had to borrowed money from Paul Revere

@IRex-wm9pd 4 жыл бұрын

Franklin knew a hero when he saw one. Too bad that today Trump would kick her out of the military for being a "transgender".

@patricklonge8912 4 жыл бұрын

@@IRex-wm9pd No, women are allowed to serve in the military today. And she wasn't transgender. Bad analogy and faulty logic.

@erraticonteuse 5 жыл бұрын

She also pulled all this off because she was literally 6ft tall.

@Big_Wamu 5 жыл бұрын

Brienne of Tarth!.... Plimpton!

@tiffanifarrington4039 5 жыл бұрын

LexiDizzle damn

@t_unique888 5 жыл бұрын

@@Big_Wamu 😂😂😂😂😂😂exactly what I thought

@Mad-wv6ol 5 жыл бұрын

@@tiffanifarrington4039 Back then 1700 average height for man was 5 feet 8 inches

@bryanstellfox8521 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, she was 5'9...a descendant named Pauline, who supposedly looked just like Deborah, was 6' tall. Still, most men around that time averaged 5'6-5'8, and women averaged 5 feet tall...so her height definitely helped. Historians also say she had very small boobies, so she could pull off looking like a guy easily.

@TokyoTraveller 5 жыл бұрын

I love the sign: "HOSPITAL the one thing she's been trying to avoid" Oh my gauze...

@aliciagreen5411 5 жыл бұрын

Est. 1775

@augsdoggs 3 жыл бұрын

I came here to make the same comment. Ya juuust beat me to it! By one year.☝🏼

@sarabowseebowgo7367 5 жыл бұрын

Paul revere helped get her retirement money after the war. ^_^ She later became a schoolteacher and enjoyed telling her stories as a soilder.

@montyparata4914 5 жыл бұрын

Paul revere wasn't actually a real person right?

@LisaFrank39 5 жыл бұрын

@@montyparata4914 yes.

@montyparata4914 5 жыл бұрын

@@LisaFrank39 Yes he was? or yes he wasn't?

@efisher92 5 жыл бұрын

He was a real person

@montyparata4914 5 жыл бұрын

@@efisher92 Oh okay I was thinking about someone else then. He was the guy that roused the sleeping mericans right

@heynae2016 5 жыл бұрын

So like...Mulan but in 'MURICA

@FirstnameLastname-kn5sw 5 жыл бұрын

Musketball Murica' Mulan. Mumumu.

@alexandra_9818 5 жыл бұрын

hey nae! Exactly my sentiments!!

@kevinjohnson7300 5 жыл бұрын

Fuckin right

@RamiresHelena 5 жыл бұрын

That’s very common actually. In Brazil something similar happened, a woman called Maria Quitéria pretended to be a man in order to fight in the army, becoming to first woman to serve in the country

@adelajdaszulc2295 5 жыл бұрын

Emilia Plater, Maria Proszyńska i Maria Raszkiewiczówna fought in Polish uprising in 1830. Emilia even managed to become a capitain. And than died...

@philinfimate2191 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have a *BEBE* ???

@TheBlackDemon1996 5 жыл бұрын

Well, she has three ducklings...

@mirrorcity4872 5 жыл бұрын

You just said "do you have a drink?"

@kaned5543 5 жыл бұрын

Omfg i didn't think she was drunk until it got to that part, but that fucking got me lmao

@darrellgarrett2535 5 жыл бұрын

All I could think was Fat Bastard. Lol

@grendelum 5 жыл бұрын

_”was she _*_a-gauze_*_ ?”_

@carolannelady9271 5 жыл бұрын

ANOTHER story we SHOULD have heard in history class.

@tonytouch4583 5 жыл бұрын

The world would be a much better place without America...The most stupid country and ruthless...Trumpmerica must fall to the benefit of the world...Best wishes from Europe...We dont need racist american christian fundamentalists who voted a donkey i to their highest office😂 grab jesus by his pussy😅

@cwp2175 5 жыл бұрын

@@tonytouch4583 And your country is? You uppity European prick

@venezialemons7963 5 жыл бұрын

I was taught this in alabama and then again in florida

@hauntivid 5 жыл бұрын

@@tonytouch4583 Okay, is that how people see us? You see us for the bad? There's a lot of amazingly awesome American people.

@tonytouch4583 5 жыл бұрын

@@hauntivid iam not talkin about certain people iam talkin about the politics and the country itself...And yes believe me millions of europeans hate the way your country behave...Its not only the arabs who hate America! Especially after Trumps crowning!

@daddybendover69 4 жыл бұрын

Forgot that the reason the doctor outed her was because his daughter fell in love with "Robert"

@octaviawinter9768 4 жыл бұрын

Well damn someone write a book on this

@cherryberry44 4 жыл бұрын

@@octaviawinter9768 they did. I read it as a child and was obsessed with it. It tells the story from her perspective

@jjmanzano9 4 жыл бұрын

Niiiiiiiice!

@lozdog7498 4 жыл бұрын

What is the book called!?!?

@cherryberry44 4 жыл бұрын

@@lozdog7498 just found it. It's called The Secret Soldier! Edit: get the one with the illustration on the front. That was the one I read as a kid lol

@shawnyang435 5 жыл бұрын

So basically Mulan of American Independence.

@singingfan 5 жыл бұрын

Shawn Yang yes!

@kyndramb7050 5 жыл бұрын

Joan of Arc

@meuboui 4 жыл бұрын

Juan de Arca

@HelloItsMikkan 3 жыл бұрын

@@kyndramb7050 yeah but she only fought due to the voices in her head

@rc59191 Жыл бұрын

Mr I'll make a maaaaannnnn out of yoooouuuuu.

@RatedRizk 5 жыл бұрын

DO YOU HAVE A BEH BEH?? :O

@TheBlackDemon1996 5 жыл бұрын

Well, she has three ducklings...

@DibIrken 4 жыл бұрын

What's a "beh beh"?

@dumaramutsi 4 жыл бұрын

@@DibIrken a Baby.

@klof361 4 жыл бұрын

That had to have been a nod the incredible Moira Rose, star of Sunrise Bay🤩🤩

@FishoD 5 жыл бұрын

1:20 - " Hoooo! Do you have a bebe? " my god that delivery ahahahahha. Spectacular.

@silverfritzreah5598 5 жыл бұрын

Paget is so scarily aggressive when she's drunk.

@jamesledford5900 3 жыл бұрын

yeah was getting that vibe too

@MsKid5150 5 жыл бұрын

"Who's the dad joke now??" -😳😳😳

@PrinceVegeta2134567 5 жыл бұрын

Not even dad joker. Oof

@jenicdarling9690 5 жыл бұрын

More like 😮 lol

@amandab3946 5 жыл бұрын

Evan Rachel Wood is ICONIC. Thanks for having her on again!

@SheWhoWalksWithLucifer 5 жыл бұрын

@@stickywickedy no... she's talking about the actress playing Deborah dum dum

@crazyintokilling 5 жыл бұрын

She is white hot. like way past blue flame.

@mariahmathews8803 4 жыл бұрын

Her saying “what” over and over again in the Frankenstein one is iconic

@violetbrown2372 4 жыл бұрын

@@mariahmathews8803 Her Mary Shelley was brilliant, featuring possibly my favorite line in the whole series, "He ran out of the room, and was never heard from again!...until later."

@AtlasBookkeeping Жыл бұрын

Amazing actress and absolutely gorgeous…..

@putrijoyceirawati2638 5 жыл бұрын

Evan Rachel Wood is amazing at the whole lip syncing thing! She not only gets the lines precisely, but she also gets the expressions spot on.

@cas5422 4 жыл бұрын

Those two together are freaking hilarious

@shortstuff780 4 жыл бұрын

she's played a emotionless robot for 3 seasons now, she can nail expressions like no other

@szarvaskoppany 4 жыл бұрын

@@shortstuff780 I was thinking how refreshing it is to see her in this after all that angry looking and whispering.

@UltraNAGO 3 жыл бұрын

6:03 Evan's face when Paget accidentally says "Dishonorable" gets me every time.

@LicoriceGargle75 5 жыл бұрын

Paget is AGELESS. Evan Rachel Wood is an ICON.

@nicknoodle05 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Plympton and can confirm that this woman's history was taught every single year in elementary school.

@FirstnameLastname-kn5sw 5 жыл бұрын

It better be, Paget Brewster is one of the greatest things your nation has ever produced alongside Paul F Thompkins.

@Udontkno7 5 жыл бұрын

I wish that were me

@richc9359 5 жыл бұрын

Dennet Elementary!

@deannak5948 5 жыл бұрын

I don't get how I'm from Massachusetts, and have attended kindergarten through my junior year of college in this state, and have never heard of her.

@cassandra3100 5 жыл бұрын

@@deannak5948 I know me too. Lynn ma here

@missybarbour6885 5 жыл бұрын

There was a Revolutionary War Mulan and I didn't KNOW?!?!?!?!

@katyscott87 5 жыл бұрын

There's a Civil War person too. Albert Cashier. With the distinction being that Albert maintained his male identity long after the war ended. There's even a musical about him. (The Civility of Albert Cashier) It's worth looking into.

@jenisedai 5 жыл бұрын

@@katyscott87 I thought she was from the War of 1812. If not, then there was another one who served on a ship in the War of 1812.

@rosafabian9267 5 жыл бұрын

I sorta remember a few cases of women enlisting under aliases.

@h8today 4 жыл бұрын

There were several. This is just the one that took a bullet for her country.

@cookieandme23 4 жыл бұрын

You didn’t know she has really been my hero I did a big report and dressed up as her for history

@aryasmith6980 4 жыл бұрын

"She slinks off to the woods" *drags herself next to one tree*

@Motherofkittycats 5 жыл бұрын

Yay, I love Paget's voice ❤ Also, she looks like a Yeti in that jacket..

@jennalyn6704 5 жыл бұрын

Nicole Hansen a hot yeti lol

@jauxro 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if binding like that was just as dangerous as binding with Ace bandages these days. If so she's an absolute madlad, being known for running even with her lung capacity restricted.

@Mang0Tango 5 жыл бұрын

Probably not. Ace bandages are extra effective (and extra dangerous for binding) because the elastic in them applies extra constriction around the body. Elastic wasn't around in the Revolutionary War.

@Udontkno7 5 жыл бұрын

tea (pun intended, dump me in the harbor)

@ladybug0211 5 жыл бұрын

Remember though that women were wearing corsets back then. So it probably wasn't that damaging for her.

@rosafabian9267 5 жыл бұрын

@@ladybug0211 Corsets might have caused some issues with lung capacity, especially if worn from a young age, but they weren't always that uncomfortable and wouldn't have the same effect as chest binding.

@littlelunarisasmr 5 жыл бұрын

@@ladybug0211 Corsets actually didn't come into use until the Victorian era. During this time, women wore what were known as stays. They provided support for the chest and were considered quite comfortable. They didn't alter their waist or body shape otherwise.

@therainbowwillow4453 4 жыл бұрын

“This voice is harddd” “Wait where was I?” “Uhhhh” “WAIT I KNOW-“

@headlight31 5 жыл бұрын

“Was she like ‘Oh my gauze?’” “What?” 😂

@MrUndoe 5 жыл бұрын

I didn't know Cruella DeVil was a history buff.

@TheGhostOf2020 5 жыл бұрын

She must have murked a goddamn polar bear for that coat lol

@aboynamedsue2485 3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment before I posted it....

@inasaira8380 5 жыл бұрын

lmao i love how upset evan looks when he accidentally says "dishonorable" instead of honorable

@creativelife9871 5 жыл бұрын

Paget outside of her Criminal Minds character is so weird to me. 🤣❤️

@Emily-nx4hl 4 жыл бұрын

The actor looks equally as hot dressed like a man.

@cptarianus824 4 жыл бұрын

@ThatOneAsianBroChick She is Dolores, oh my I knew it :D

@KevinSmith-qi5yn 4 жыл бұрын

If you look at pictures of Deborah Sampson, you would be wondering why that guy is in a dress.

@thevampirefrog06 3 жыл бұрын

that's what we call bisexual magic woot woot

@lizziecolon320 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my gauze 💀

@stabulous730 5 жыл бұрын

I love Paget. She should be in everything.

@scottierasberry4449 5 жыл бұрын

In EVERYTHING!

@erinlee5936 5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't she in a Drunk History episode?

@billiemss5817 5 жыл бұрын

yes

@scottierasberry4449 5 жыл бұрын

Paget is my absolute favorite narrator. She is smart and funny and just fucking adorable. 10/10.

@withalittlehelpfrom3 4 жыл бұрын

I heard that every time she shot someone, she would whisper “These violent delights have violent ends.”

@mayaramiquidade3439 5 жыл бұрын

Original She's The Man

@ClimateAdam 5 жыл бұрын

She's the man is actually based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night even earlier!

@mayaramiquidade3439 5 жыл бұрын

@@ClimateAdam Had no idea, gonna go read it now.

@rc59191 3 жыл бұрын

Was just watching that movie again lol definitely one of the best Shakespeare adaptations.

@villanli 5 жыл бұрын

Love her fur coat and the way she tells this story 😂

@ThatKarin 4 жыл бұрын

After he asked "Was she like, Oh My Gauze?" her "...whaT." was just so perfect lmao

@writingmetal 5 жыл бұрын

she's my favorite, cause she doesn't sound drunk at all

@jauxro 5 жыл бұрын

man I hope I can have a badass crossdressing adventure one day

@leverage3089 5 жыл бұрын

You can!!!

@Udontkno7 5 жыл бұрын

Same, fight some wars

@jennathompson4242 5 жыл бұрын

Lol but women are mostly allowed to do all the stuff now 😂

@TheVerucAssault 5 жыл бұрын

I love when Padgett is on the show. So animated. 🤣

@junkboxxxxxx 5 жыл бұрын

She's faking drunk and clowning for the camera

@thecouncilofnine4692 4 жыл бұрын

Me: *Watch a lot Westworld related videos.* KZfaq: Hey, do you wanna see this video starring Westworld lead actress and learn some history with it? Me: Sure.

@thetrapperest 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, nice Revolutionary War park

@jackvaughn9017 4 жыл бұрын

Dolores if she ended up in the Sublime 😂

@auki_8808 4 жыл бұрын

when she said “do you... do you have a BEBEH?!” I laughed so hard??

@minisun7410 5 жыл бұрын

Evan has NOT aged a damn day!!! You hear me!??? A DAY!!!

@saketjawaji1557 5 жыл бұрын

That's cause she's an android

@vinnievalentine421 5 жыл бұрын

It's cause they're aliens

@Movieslurge2 5 жыл бұрын

Host, saket jawaji, it’s because she’s a Host

@maureendullas2603 5 жыл бұрын

Movieslurge2 finally, someone who's been in Westworld

@EmyN 4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@saykojitube 5 жыл бұрын

Westworld’s new narrative is interesting

@punkdennyz 4 жыл бұрын

"Was she like.....Oh My Gauze?" Maximum dad joke level achieved.

@zaphyyy 4 жыл бұрын

"DO U HAVE A BEBE?" I CANT HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA

@pjokpopfan912 5 жыл бұрын

I made a website on the daughters of liberty for history class. I definitely should have used this for my research on Deborah Sampson.

@thecouncilofnine4692 4 жыл бұрын

3:45 Paget/Deborah:"Ugh, fuck, I'm gonna cry. I don't wanna cry." Derek:"Let it out, you can cry." Deborah/Paget:"WHAT THE FUCK?! I'm taking to AMeRicA!" That delivery almost killed me!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@IdgaradLyracant 4 жыл бұрын

2:23 She was also a god who could fire a muzzle loading long rifle twice without a reload.

@shooterqqqq 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I was waiting for someone to mention that. I think they know but want to add to the silliness.

@nschultz417 3 жыл бұрын

She had the Infinite Ammo bandanna like Solid Snake.

@TXejas19 5 жыл бұрын

"Dude! bobay bobby shirtlif, you ok?" 😂

@roseanneperez2829 5 жыл бұрын

😂🤣

@roseanneperez2829 5 жыл бұрын

🤣😂 I died laughing

@vitmorsteinfeld4459 5 жыл бұрын

Here lies Vital Productions. Died by laughing at a BEBE quote

@MrFuzzyGreen 5 жыл бұрын

Neither of them sound like they even ever met alcohol

@AFishBicycle 5 жыл бұрын

“Who’s the dad joke now” *me every time someone else makes the dad joke*

@TheEc14 5 жыл бұрын

"WHAT THE FUCK I AM TALKING TO AMERICA!!!" HAD ME DYING

@britspicks8250 4 жыл бұрын

"HOSPITAL: The one thing she's been trying to avoid." Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr 2020: Same girl, same.

@lived2def 4 жыл бұрын

Pagget Brewster is now my favorite drunk history teacher.

@bcasey2830 4 жыл бұрын

Why is nobody talking about how hard it would be to fight a war while binding her chest down the way she did? That’s super hard.

@kraanz 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe she was flat as a board.

@thegreatcalvinio 5 жыл бұрын

Season 3 of Westworld looks great...

@kaiadaigle937 4 жыл бұрын

Paget Brewster and Evan Rachel Wood. I love them both so much.

@MissBlueEyeliner 5 жыл бұрын

Paget Brewster rocking the Cruella de Vil look 💁🏻‍♀️

@Candyliz2003 4 жыл бұрын

One of your BEST! I love you guys!

@flourishingspirits3393 4 жыл бұрын

This is one the best drunk history vids

@psychegirl 5 жыл бұрын

I love Paget Brewster.

@Theomite 5 жыл бұрын

Can we just get Paget drunk regularly and record her telling random stories in a variety of thrift store clothes? I mean, we wouldn't need Evan Rachel Wood, but we could still have her.

@engineeringsquirrel 5 жыл бұрын

I can't stop binge watching these drunk history eps.

@riatortilla9906 5 жыл бұрын

Wait she fought with....... *AlExAnDeR hAmIlToN*

@stilest1015 4 жыл бұрын

Angel_playz 18 HELL YEA SHE DID

@TheForgottenPortrait 4 жыл бұрын

well yeah it was the revolutionary war,,

@sarahadair7320 4 жыл бұрын

SHE FUCKING DID

@nivuc3199 4 жыл бұрын

I’M NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT! 🌟

@jessymessy4777 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but the chances are they never really spoke.

@aureeybaby 5 жыл бұрын

I love the dad humor😂

@chocolateeclair9879 4 жыл бұрын

“OH? DO YOU HAVE A BEH BEH?!”

@amphitritemists4595 5 жыл бұрын

Love the sign on the hospital a great detail :)

@renatacantoregross6283 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely Love this presentation. I especially loved this amazing story of this phenomenal brave Heroine. She was the picture of Dedication. God bless her soul.

@abbiefunk2000 5 жыл бұрын

I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS BADASS IN MY HISTORY 201 CLASS!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Absolutely incredible ❤️

@julesk2629 5 жыл бұрын

You had me at Paget and Evan 😍

@sarabutler-smith5285 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite narrator AND favorite actress leading a skit, I AM ALL THE WAY HERE

@paulmoore7064 4 жыл бұрын

I seem to remember a story from the Revolution about a woman who took her fallen husband's place on the cannon crew. History is full of warrior women, from Anne Bonney to Joan of Arc.

@stoutyyyy 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Moore there was a woman who served the guns at Fort Niagara during the war of 1812 as well

@redjeepracing8091 2 жыл бұрын

Molly pitcher I believe

@MissBrittneyofCourse 4 жыл бұрын

Every episode with Paget has a healthy dose of her being so annoyed by his dad jokes lol

@BohemianAnthem 5 жыл бұрын

Drunk history is the only reason Im subscribing to this channel.

@MaddieB 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a sucker for these kinds of stories

@nicolelv1477 4 жыл бұрын

Why is paget so good at telling these stories? Lol they are so funny together

@truegirl2anna 5 жыл бұрын

Criminal minds turns comedy. I’m diggin’ it 👌👌😎

@Trilingualeks 4 жыл бұрын

Paget gets more and more extra every time she does this and I'm here for it! 🤣🙋‍♀️🤘

@brootalroogue2683 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favs episodes

@sareyberry 5 жыл бұрын

Drunk History, I adore you! I’ve been waiting for this story for years! I’ve known about Deborah since my young, dorky, library perusing, biography reading, days as a kid. And Paget tells it sooooooo well! It twists me up inside when people say, “Why didn’t they teach this in school?!” Because, to be frank: anyone can read a book, teach themselves, and take control of their own knowledge - at any point in life. School’s not supposed to be the only place we learn, nor the last time we pick up a book. But for a lot of people, it is. And that both breaks my heart and feels incredibly annoying.

@nmc398 4 жыл бұрын

You know how many kids would be paying attention to their history teacher if it was taugh like this? LOL

@silaskelevra7621 5 жыл бұрын

I love Evan Rachel Wood. Best drunk history yet

@YeahYeahOkOkWhatever 4 жыл бұрын

I love the chemistry when these 2 get together

@dariadoo1 5 жыл бұрын

Paget’s voice coming out of Rachel’s mouth is everything I ever wanted or needed🙌🏽🥰😂

@blu4get 5 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know how much I needed cross dressing Evan Rachel Wood in my life, but here we are.

@violetholiday 4 жыл бұрын

I did a living biography for her in 4th grade. I found out about her from a Carnegie library book that my third grade teacher had lent me. I now do living history as an 18 year old and she was the thing that got me into it.

@PozoBlue 5 жыл бұрын

This is one the funniest hosts I've seen in quite a while. I was dying 😂😂 Fantastic story too. Had never heard of Deborah Sampson. What bullet-digging badass!!

@joewilson9962 4 жыл бұрын

For all those surprised to see this side of Paget Brewster, please check out her arc on "Community," season 6, as Frankie Dart. She's a gifted comic actress.