Eliza Allen

Eliza Allen

Eliza Allen (born 1826) was a Maine woman who, in 1851, published a memoir called "The Female Volunteer; Or the Life and Wonderful Adventures of Miss Eliza Allen, A Young Lady of Eastport, Maine". In it, she described her life. As a teenager, she was not allowed to marry the man that she loved, and so as a result, she disguised herself as man and had many adventures, including fighting and being wounded in the Mexican-American War.cite book | title=The Encyclopedia of Amazons | author=Salmonson, Jessica Amanda | publisher=Paragon House | year=1991 | pages=p.7|isbn=1-55778-420-5 ]

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