With test ! title: deborah sampson nancy floyd 4 at twenty-one, deborah decided to do something noble. she wanted to serve her country. america was in the middle of the revolutionary war. the people wanted to win their freedom from england. women weren’t allowed to join the army, so deborah developed a clever idea. she would pretend to be a man, so she could become a soldier! on may 20, 1782, deborah performed a brave and honorable act. she dressed as a man and joined the army, signing up as robert shurtleff. which statement from the fourth paragraph is a fact? a) women weren’t allowed to join the army, so deborah developed a clever idea b) she dressed as a man and joined the army, signing up as robert shurtleff. c) on may 20, 1782, deborah performed a brave and honorable act. d) at twenty-one, deborah decided to do something noble.