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Annie Oakley Postcard

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When Annie was 15-years-old, she won a shooting match against traveling-show marksman Frank E. Butler. The two were later married and they joined Buffalo Bills Wild West show a few years later. Oakley became renowned for her sharpshooting skills and performed before royalty and heads of state. She encouraged the service of women in combat operation for the U.S. armed forces and penned a letter to President William McKinley offering “the government the services of a company of 50 ‘lady sharpshooters’ who would provide their own arms and ammunition should the U.S. go to war with Spain.

 

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