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Have you ever wondered how it felt being in the Battle of the Alamo? Have you ever wondered why a woman would ever contribute to Texas? Well Susanna Dickinson could tell you all about it.
Susanna got married at the age of 15 to Almeron Dickinson. Angelina, Susanna’s and Almeron’s daughter was born on December in 1834. In 1835, Almeron set off to keep Texas away from the Mexicans. Almeron and a bunch of other Texans formed together to prevent the Mexicans from moving them. They had a canon given to them by the Mexicans in Gonzales to help stop Native Americans from attacking them. They also had a flag that said “Come and Get It”. When the Mexicans came to try to get it back, the Texans fought back and won the Battle of Gonzales. The Mexicans were surprised by how the Texans reacted since the Mexicans had such a big army and the Texans had not that much.
In 1836, Almeron was told that they needed more people to help fight in the Alamo. Susanna, Angelina, and Almeron took off to the Alamo. The Mexicans had more than 1600 men fighting while the Alamo only had around 300 men. A siege went on for 13 days straight till March 6th the Mexicans tore down a wall and started fighting. Susanna and her daughter, Angelina, were hiding in a church while this was happening. On March 7th all the Texans were gone except two. Susana and Angelina were the only ones that survived during the attack. They were found because a man was trying to hide in the church but later they found him. Santa Anna told Susanna Angelina could come back to Mexico with them and learn the Mexicans traditions, but Susanna turned down that offer. Instead Angelina and Susanna had to go off and tell Sam Houston that the Mexicans were coming and they were going to run ever...

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.... That’s how he got Santa Anna’s army off guard. Not only did she contribute to Texas she had been a brave soldier in that Alamo.
Lots of people asked her how it was like in the Alamo and if it was scary but she couldn’t always answer those in just a sentence. She would have to go way back just like she was just there and tell the stories of all the men and how they never gave up.

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Littell, McDougal. Celebrating Texas: Honoring the Past, New York: Lone Star Publishing.
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Press, Eakin. Did You Ever Meet a Texas Hero - Volume 1. Black and White Photographs. 1992.
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Wallace L., McKeehan. “Susannah Wilkerson Dickinson 1814-1883 Alamo Widow and Survivor.” Tamu.edu (http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/sdickinson.htm ) 20 Feb. 2014

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