Eliza Allen
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For the first wife of Sam Houston, see Eliza Allen (Tennessee).
Eliza Allen (January 27, 1826 – after 1851) was an American writer from Maine 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 the book, she describes how as a teenager, she was not allowed to marry the man whom she loved, and so she disguised herself as a man and had many adventures, including fighting and being wounded in the Mexican–American War,[1] though some sources question the veracity of her claims.[2][3] She was also known as Eliza Billings (the surname of her husband).