Annie Oakley: Woman Sharpshooter Excitement ripples through the crowd as a short, brown haired women walks into the arena. Bang! Countless glass balls and clay pigeons fall to the ground in just a few seconds. The stadiums roared with cheers from the stunned audience. The legendary Annie Oakley had done it again. Known for her amazing skill of sharpshooting, Oakley was a star of the West and one of the most famous woman in the world during her time. Annie Oakley defined and impacted society by challenging traditional roles of men and women, amazing many people by her extraordinary talent of marksmanship, and displaying her skill throughout the world. Even at a young age, Annie Oakley contested the roles of men and women. Annie had a difficult …show more content…
Annie believed that women needed to know how to operate with firearms to defend themselves and to assist in fighting for their country (”Annie Oakley” HistoryNet). Annie Oakley taught more than 15,000 women how to shoot, as defense for themselves and as exercise for the brain and body (“Annie Oakley” History TV). Annie volunteered to organize a regiment of female sharpshooters during WWI (”Annie Oakley” Biography.com). Through her performances, Annie demonstrated that shooting was not intimidating and that women and children could handle guns (“Library Information”). After her retirement, Annie wrote articles for magazines about the enjoyment of shooting and she encouraged other women to try it (”Library Information”). Annie felt that women should pursue the sport of shooting and use it for their …show more content…
Oakley was befriended by Sitting Bull. He adored her so much that he “adopted” her and gave her the nickname “Little Sure Shot” (”Annie Oakley” Biography.com). Annie Oakley performed for royals such as Kaiser Wilhelm II (”Annie Oakley” Biography.com). On a trip to Europe, Annie performed for Queen Victoria and King Umberto I who were absolutely amazed by her performances (“Annie Oakley” History TV). Annie charmed nobles with her unusual talent and personality. Not only was Annie known for shooting talent, but also for her kindness and personality. Annie was different from most performers. She was sweet, modest, feminine, and honest (Haugen 9-13). Crowds of all different ages were drawn to Annie’s performances because of these attributes (“Annie Oakley” Encyclopedia). Annie had a generous heart towards those in need. She sent money to her extended family and donated to charities to help little orphans (”Annie Oakley” Biography.com). Annie helped many in need by providing money for
Without a doubt there is one major performer that certainly stands out within our pop culture world. The name of this very famous American icon is, Dolly Parton. Dolly has surpassed any rags to riches story that ever lived. She has touched the lives of so many individuals over many decades through her many talents. Dolly started her career at a very young age and continued fulfilling her life endeavors through country music, pop music, and even acting. This American icon didn’t stop with just her talents, she also gave back to our society through charity, fundraising, and establishing her own theme park. Dolly Parton was brought up in a very poor family, however through much dedication she became the famous icon everyone idolized today.
Two specific characters caught my eye as I watched Annie, one of them being Annie herself. The way she held herself like a child and radiated optimism assisted me in believing her character. Her gesticulations were good, but since I was in the back row, some of them were hard to see and interpret. She held herself like she was Annie very well,but she also spoke like a child, and intensified her character by sounding how a uneducated child would sound. Her undeniable optimism let her foil very well with other characters, making the play better. In the scene where she was talking to the hobos, she revealed the hobos pessimism, while reinforcing her own optimism without having it shoved down our throats by her simply saying she was optimistic outright. The way she built her
In 1983 Sally Ride was the first female astronaut in American history, Sally Ride in space. Setting the base for all young girls and woman to have confidence in believing they could do anything men could even though labeled as “just girls”. Ride was one of the primary sources of woman empowerment in that time period. Sally ride was a extremely important woman in the 1980’s to the U.S, her becoming an astronaut has lead to gobs of realizations of what women can do now. Ride was the first woman to join NASA in the United States.
When people hear the name Marilyn Monroe, mostly everyone has the same image in their mind of who this woman was. Some of the adjectives people would use to describe her are beautiful, glamorous, iconic, or even dumb. What people don’t understand is that all those words could be just an image that the media created for her. Marilyn Monroe was a troubled young woman who had a rough upbringing that haunted her for the rest of her life. All of that aside, she was one of the most influential people of the 20th century and one of the first sex symbols. People even consider her to be a legend.
2. According to Clara Barton’s poem, how were women treated for stepping out of their traditional roles during the war? Why did they they push to break out of these roles?
To murder one’s parents is a rare homicide. There are only 2% of children that murder their own parents. Unlike Lizzie Borden, it’s obvious that she committed the crime of murdering Abby and Andrew Borden, on August 3rd 1892.
Annie Oakley is a famous american sharpshooter and apart of Buffalo Bill´s Wild West Show.Oakley is also known as ¨Little Sure Shot .¨
Oakley was able to overcome many obstacles, and left her impoverished small town to become a world renowned sharpshooter. Forced to pick up shooting to survive after being abused and left with no money, Annie Oakley honed her craft and participated in many amazing performances that inspired women to pursue male dominated careers. Annie Oakley was abused and living in poverty, which forced her to take up shooting
Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her birth name is Eleanora Fagon, she is the daughter of Sarah Fagon also known as Eleanor Fagon and her father Clarence Holiday. Her parents had her at a young age the mother was only thirteen and the father fifteen years old. Her father was a musician he left Billie and her mother to pursue his career as a jazz guitarist. Billie didn’t have much of a great life growing up her mother had her at a very young age, not having the support of her parents and Billie’s father leaving them both. Her mother couldn’t take care so she sent her to live with Sarah’s older half-sister. She had many ups and down throughout her life. As, a child not having much of her parents in her life, trouble with substance abuse, meeting men who were only interested in her money, and arrested many times in her life.
Annie Oakley Is Annie her real name? No,Annie Oakley’s real name is Phoebe Ann Moses. Annie grew up in a wood cabin in Greenville, Ohio. ( Stephanie Spinner) On August 13,1860 Jacob and Susan Moses gave birth to Annie.
Billie Holiday, an African American singer and songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who has finally had enough of all the racism and inhumanity in her life. She has released a song on Monday of March, 1929, called "Strange Fruit", speaking of many African Americans Being accused of something wrong, then being hung from a tree, hence the reference "Strange Fruit." Lynching is an activity mostly carried out by a group of men to scare another group or minority by public execution without a legal trial. The execution can be done in many different ways, the most common was hanging. There were many different ways for people to be lynched.
She used the problems as inspirations for her music, she sang about her emotions, hard times, and injustices. Billie Holiday is considered to be one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. Much of her work was inspired by her difficult life and helped her connect with many people from all walks of life.
Bonnie and Clyde were a young couple in love during the Great Depression running from the law most of their lives. (Klein) They both grew up in small towns and were close to their families. (Klein) Bonnie was very interested in literature and Clyde loved music, but during their high school years they both fell in with the wrong crowd and it went downhill from there.(Klein)
One of the biggest things that she pushed for in her career was equal pay for men and women in sports. This was a struggle for her as she had trouble paying for her tennis. In the early days of her playing she was not allowed in the picture of her first tennis club because she was not wearing the proper tennis skirt, but instead had on shorts. Her family did not have a lot of extra money to put into her expensive tennis career and it was hard for them to afford the elitists sport. She along with other women had to stand up and risk being band from the tennis league when they signed one dollar contracts with the Virginia Slims to bring attention to the struggle for equal play. It became apparent to Billy even from the young age that she was when she was not allowed in the picture because of her attire that women where not
1. An example would be Amelia Earhart, she was the first woman in the 1930s to fly a plane solo across an ocean. Many people doubted her because she was a woman and back in the 30s many women didn’t do risky things or “boyish” things like that. People criticized her for what her passion and interest was.