Sarah Rosetta Wakeman

What's a woman to do if she wants to join her countrymen in the Civil War? She couldn't just walk into the recruitment office in 1861. Women weren't allowed to serve in the armed forces but it's estimated 400 women left society's expectations behind, disguised themselves as men and went off to war.

Check out the book written about her life, An Uncommon Soldier, by Lauren Cook Burgess