Western Women
Belle Starr

Belle Starr

Myra Maybelle Belle Shirley, AKA Belle Starr was reinvented by the media, as were many others. She was from an affluent Southern family, raised in...

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Little Sure Shot

Little Sure Shot

Annie Oakley gains world-wide fame with Buffalo Bill. In April 1885, sharpshooter Annie Oakley joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. She’d already...

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Opening Shot

Opening Shot

Wanton Women of Montana   In the 1890s, prostitution and red-light district brothels were common across the Big Sky State. In this unknown Montana...

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Lola Montez

Lola Montez

Women were an attractive curiosity during the heyday of the California Gold Rush. A woman could hang her underwear out on a clothesline and draw a...

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