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Sharpshooter Annie Oakley, born On August 13, 1860, Was A Very Tough Woman. In this century, Oakley, for me, is a beacon of deeply American and female toughness and freedom. She said: "God intended women to be outside as well as men, and they do not know what they are missing when they stay cooped up in the house." "I would like to see every woman know how to handle guns as naturally as they know how to handle babies." "Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear frosty morning with a good gun...

“Some kind of fun lasts longer than others.” said Betty Hutton. She was born 102 years ago in Battle Creek, Michigan. At three years of age, she and her sister and mother were singing in her family’s Speak Easy. She won a most popular actress award for Annie Oakley and a best actress award for her performance in the screwball comedy The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek. She had 6 top ten hits. What do Freepers think of Betty Hutton?

Through plain speaking and twitter and rallies Donald Trump has reinvented the presidential relationship with the people. Feminist accusations of “crimes” (including unwanted hugging and kissing) which would have destroyed almost anyone else’s career have not touched him. This is a robust not a staid conservatism. It is hard to imagine someone emerging in the post Trump era with all the political strengths Trump has shown. But the need for conservatism to adjust to new demographics seems undeniable to me. Otherwise a permanent leftist Democrat majority in America is unavoidable. Huge numbers of women are unlikely to retreat to being...

The hatred of men embedded in modern feminism is evil. From what I can see of Annie Oakley she was a champion of personal freedom for herself as a woman but not a hater of men. Should we embrace her as a role model today?

Annie Oakley's hometown in the Wild West (of Ohio) I grew up thinking that Annie Oakley came from the Wild West. I didn't realize she came from the wilds of western Ohio until we spotted a small sign pointing to her gravesite along a two-lane highway near Greenville. We recently re-visited Oakley's gravesite and saw the largest known collection of Oakley artifacts at the Garst Museum. Oakley gained fame traveling the country as the sharpshooting star attraction of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Born Phoebe Ann Mosey at North Star in Darke County...

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While guns reportedly belonging to the famous outlaw Jesse James and legendary gun fighter Wild Bill Hickok recently failed to sell at auction, Annie Oakley's shotgun sold Sunday for $293,000. Despite a $1.6 million estimated value, Jesse James' .45 Colt didn't sell at an auction in Dallas on Sunday, November 24th, 2013. After James' death, the gun changed owners several times over and ultimately landed in the hands of a collector in 1975, but according to the Daily Mail, the gun came with an incredibly strong provenance, including letters from three generations of the James family confirming its history. At...

Annie Oakley (1860 – 1926) was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley’s amazing talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar. Oakley’s perhaps most famous trick is being able to repeatedly split a playing card, edge-on, and put several more holes in it before it could touch the ground, using a .22 caliber rifle, at 90 feet. (NOTE: Just go to the link provided to watch the 25 second video clip.)

"...my deep respect and admiration for the McCains..." "Send the maverick back to the United States Senate!" "He is a man of the people!" http://www.johnmccain.com/live

Sarah Palin tweeted a Christmas message; and that's news. Breaking news this morning on the McLaughlin Group was that Sarah Palin's name came up twice - once, as the 2009 Political Winner of the Year (Obama was nominated as Political Loser of the Year) and againfor Most Charismatic Politician of the Year. Whatever Sarah does is news. Politics aside, the viral populace Sarah Fashion Question is -- will Sarah go Rogue with her New Year's Resolutions? Precisely, will she change her hairstyle in 2010? And if so, will Sarah tweet and let us know? Check out how Sarah would look...

Annie Oakley's story is a must read By BOB ROBINSON Tribune Chronicle ''At the height of her career, Annie Oakley was called the most famous woman in America - some said, the world.'' That's how an excellent book on Ohio's ''Little Sure Shot'' begins. The book is ''Annie Oakley'' and the author is Shirl Kasper, a Kansas journalist who writes in her forward that the book is dedicated ''to all the little girls who grew up in the 1950s, as I did, looking for a heroine.'' Ten years ago, Kasper wrote this rip-roarin' biography of Annie Oakley, who was born...

<p>Annie Oakley Weekend will be celebrated Aug. 2-4 at the Darke County Fairgrounds in Greenville, Ohio.</p> <p>Learn more about Annie Oakley at the foundation's Web site: http://www.ormiston.com/annieoakley/ .</p> <p>Bess Edwards met her great-aunt only once but remembers that the woman looked nothing like the famous female sharpshooter of legend.</p>