Margaret Cochran Corbin: The Irish-American 'Captain Molly' who became the first woman to receive a U.S. military pension
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Gavin Quinn
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Margaret Cochran Corbin, known as 'Captain Molly,' was an Irish-American woman who fought in the American Revolutionary War and became the first woman to receive a U.S. military pension. Born in 1751 to an Irish immigrant father, she endured a traumatic childhood after her father was killed and mother kidnapped. Her strong personality earned her the nickname, and her service during the war led to her historic pension, though her story ultimately has a somber ending.
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bskyMargaret Cochran Corbin: The Irish-American 'Captain Molly' who became the first woman to receive a U.S. military pensionirishstar.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledHer famous nickname 'Captain Molly' stemmed from her notoriously strong personality.
An Irishwoman earned the nickname Captain Molly during the American Revolutionary War and became the first woman to ever earn a United States military pension, but her story has a somber ending.
Her father, Robert Cochran, was killed when she was just 5 years old and her mother kidnapped in an Indian raid.
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