Annie Oakley Annie Oakley was born in 1860 and was formerly known as Phoebe Ann Mosey She was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter Her great talent & timely rise to fame led to starring role in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show The show propelled her to become the first American female superstar born in a log cabin & her parents were Quakers who later make her orphan She began hunting at age 6 to support family Met her husband Frank E. Butler in a shooting contest “Aim at a high mark, and you will hit it.”
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
HER CAREER Butler & Oakley joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in 1885 She tours Europe before WW I performing for all the monarchs including Kaiser Wilhelm & Queen Victoria Volunteered for Spanish American War as leader of company 'lady sharpshooters' TR names his volunteer cavalry “Rough Riders” after wild west show’’s title. William Randolph Hearst published a false story that Oakley had been arrested for stealing to support a cocaine habit. She promoted the service of women in combat operations for the United States armed forces
Her shooting skills
Her Death & Legacy Oakley continued to set records into her 60s, She was involved in philanthropy for women's rights and other causes Staged a comeback and intended to star in a feature-length silent movie In a 1922 shooting contest the sixty-two-year-old Oakley hit 100 clay targets from 16 yards Oakley and Butler suffered an automobile accident that forced her to wear steel brace on her right leg. After 1 ½ years of recovery, she again performed and set records in 1924. Her health declined in 1925 and she died of pernicious anemia Her entire fortune had been spent on her family and her charities. Several movies and plays made about her including “Annie Get Your Gun” And a TV series show called “Annie Oakley” in 1954
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