Calamity Jane
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Arts, Military History, Discovery, Exploration, Mythology, Folklore
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights, Frontier, Pioneers
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Independent and determined to live as she chose in a man’s world, Calamity Jane became famous, legendary, and exemplary of the almost mythical character of the American West.
Early Life
Calamity Jane was born, according to her seven-page autobiography, in Princeton, Missouri, and was christened Martha Cannary (or Canary). Despite her having written her life’s story, having been photographed many times, and having had many witnesses to her activities, her early life, like her later life, is greatly lacking in valid documentation and...
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