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1988
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American Experience
Annie Oakley 18 Season 12 Episode
55 min
1988
6.6
An on-target profile of the sharpshooter (1860-1926) who was โthe first American woman ever to become a superstar.โ Included: Oakley, at 15, winning a shooting match with future husband Frank Butler; achieving stardom with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; filing libel suits against a number of newspapers for reporting that she was a drug addict; teaching thousands of women to shoot, while opposing women's suffrage.
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