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Annie Oakley She was an Ohio-born lady who could shoot like the dickens. She was the first white woman hired by a Wild West outfit to fill a traditionally male role. She was, hands down, the" fineAnnie" Oakley She was an Ohio-born lady who could shoot like the dickens. She was the first white woman hired by a Wild West outfit to fill a traditionally male role. She was, hands down, the finest woman ...

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Word of mouth about her spread so much that by age 16, Annie was off to Cincinnati to enter a shooting contest with Frank E. Butler, a.k.a. Francis Butler. Butler was an accomplished marksman who performed in vaudeville. Annie beat Frank by one point, and won his heart at the same time.

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Her husband soon realized she was more talented , and gave her the limelight, becoming her assistant and personal manager in 1885, they joined the Buffalo bill’s wild west show, run by the legendary buffalo bill cody.Anne was the star of the show for seventeen year’s. One day she shot 4,472, of 5,000 glass balls tossed in mid air.

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MEDALS AND AWARDS.

Another of her acts was to shoot the ashes off a cigarette held in her husband’s mouth. She was easily recognized by the large number of shooting medals she wore on her chest.