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Annie Oakley: First American female superstar. Beat her future husband in a sharp shooting match when she was 15 years old (and won $100 from him, a tidy sum in those days). Had a rivalry with another female sharpshooter (who billed herself as younger and more attractive than Annie) who was also part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show (but no one remembers that other woman’s name, so guess who won?). She taught over 15,000 women how to shoot in her lifetime and once said “I would like to see every woman know how to handle [firearms] as naturally as they know how to handle babies.” and was a total bad ass.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/5b038942b1e77b98b77392c1263f7bc8/tumblr_mfofkwadAW1s0noi0o1_500.jpg)
Annie Oakley: First American female superstar. Beat her future husband in a sharp shooting match when she was 15 years old (and won $100 from him, a tidy sum in those days). Had a rivalry with another female sharpshooter (who billed herself as younger and more attractive than Annie) who was also part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show (but no one remembers that other woman’s name, so guess who won?). She taught over 15,000 women how to shoot in her lifetime and once said “I would like to see every woman know how to handle [firearms] as naturally as they know how to handle babies.” and was a total bad ass.
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