Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926),[1] born Phoebe Ann Mosey, was an American sharpshooter (skilled with guns).[2] She was a star in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Oakley was born in Ohio to Jacob and Susan Mosey.[2] On June 20, 1882 she married Frank E. Butler, another skilled shooter.[2] The couple joined Buffalo Bill's show in 1885.[2] Oakley performed before several European heads of state, including Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II.[2] She left the show in 1902 and began acting. Oakley died in 1926 of pernicious anemia (a type of blood disorder).[2] She was buried in Greenville, Ohio.[2] Frank Butler died 18 days later.
Annie Oakley Media
The Amateur Circus at Nutley (1894) by American illustrator Peter Newell. The scene depicted in the center is of Annie Oakley, standing on horseback, demonstrating her shooting ability.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster
Annie Oakley, 1894, an "exhibition of rifle shooting at glass balls, etc.", in an Edison Kinetoscope movie
Annie Oakley, with a gun Buffalo Bill gave her
Annie Oakley shooting over her shoulder using a hand mirror.
References
- ↑ Woman Rifle Expert Dies. November 4, 1926. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y_ovAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kEwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5527,1897326&dq=annie+oakley&hl=en. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Holbrook, Stweart H. (April 28, 1947). Annie Oakley:She Was the World's Best Woman Shot. https://books.google.com/books?id=fUgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Annie+Oakley+autobiography&pg=PA67. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
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