Significant women

Ying Thao & Michelle Thao- Deborah Sampson

Thia Kue- Belle Boyd

Nhia Moua- Jane Adams

Josh Diaz- Dolores Huerta

Challenged the gender definition by sexismHow?

Fought in wars Spy in Civil war

Improve lives of people who are struggling to survive

Abolitionists

Not allowed to fight in battles Not equal to men by law

House choresLaundresses

CooksNurses

Childrens

Disgiused herself as a man Served 3 years in battle

Including Revolutionary War Rebel against a norm that not all women

were able Behavior

She was never allowed to fight after sex discovery

Honorably discharged Contributions to war for independence

Highly valuedGrated with land and pensionMarried and lived on land

Did not want to follow the gender definition set by society

Wanted to challenge the norm and prove it possible

Also encouraged by:Conversations between mother and

grandmother about war Stories of heroes in warDeath of family members from war

In conclusion, although these women were all faced with sexism,

discrimination against class, race, religion and stereotypes, they all shared one common characteristic, to prove it

was possible to challenge gender definition and to not only help

themselves but those around them.