Did frontier women own saloons, like Gunsmoke’s Miss Kitty did?

Susan Mims Barnesville, Georgia Women worked the saloons, dancing or serving drinks or luring male customers upstairs. But female owners or part owners were rare. I do know of one, Matilda Bignon, or Big Minnie, as she was known. Standing six feet tall and weighing 230 pounds, she cut quite a figure in her tights. She and her husband, Joe, owned the Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona, during the 1880s. She acted as host, appeared on stage and also worked as the bouncer. Born in England