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35 Historical Figures photographed in the 19th Century

14. Martha Jane Cannary (aka Calamity Jane)

Bild: imprint of C.E. Finn, Livingston, Mont., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Known as a sharpshooter and frontierswoman, Calamity Jane was born in 1852. There are so many legends of her skills and her deeds that it is not known what is true! Stories tell of a compassionate woman with the odd habit of wearing men’s clothes.


She was photographed often when she performed in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.