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Wild Women of the Wild West: Josephine Sarah Marcus ~ aka Josephine Earp
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Wild Women of the Wild West. Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Josephine Sarah Marcus aka Josephine Earp. Was the second of three children born in. Immigrants Carl Hyman Marcuse (later Henry Marcus) and Sophie Lewis. When they married, Sophie was 8 years older than her husband and a widow with a 3-year-old daughter named Rebecca. Josephine had an older brother Nathan (August 12, 1857) and younger sister Henrietta (July 10, 1864). Her parents joined the Reformed Temple. And her father found work as a baker. Henry M...
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Wild Women of the Wild West: Annie Rogers & The Bank Dick
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Wild Women of the Wild West. Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Annie Rogers and The Bank Dick. On a sunny afternoon in October 1901 at the bustling Fourth National Bank of Nashville, TN Spencer McHenry looked up from his work and saw a beautiful woman in fashionable and expensive-looking clothes standing at his teller's window. Smiling fetchingly, she slid a $500 stack of Bank of. To accompany them into an office, where they told her the bills were stolen. Pressured by the detectives,. Insisted that the $500 was h...
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Wild Women of the Wild West: Lillian Francis Smith
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Wild Women of the Wild West. Tuesday, April 5, 2011. This brassy Californian emerged as Annie Oakley’s only serious female rival in Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show. Oakley eventually prevailed, but at a price; she lopped six years off her age to compete with the younger shooter. It is likely that the. The two female shooting stars did meet once more, both competing in the 1902 Grand American Handicap. Oakley out shot Smith that day, and then they went their separate directions, Oakley upward and o...
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Wild Women of the Wild West: Martha "Calamity Jane" Canary ~ Rowdy Woman of the West
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Wild Women of the Wild West. Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Martha "Calamity Jane" Canary Rowdy Woman of the West. Was born May 1, 1852 in Princeton, Mercer Co., MO to Robert Wilson Canary and Charlotte M. Burge. She was the oldest of 6 children, having two brothers and three sisters. Although she had great friends and very positive opinions of the proper things that a girl could enjoy, she soon gained a local notariety for her daring horsemanship and skill as a rifle shot. Back then, she was at Goose Creek Cam...
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Wartime Spy Ladies: January 2014
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Sister site to Heroines of the Resistance at www.resistanceheroines.blogspot.com. The Civil War was the first war where spying was used on a large scale and became an art. It is an interesting fact that the brightest and the best were young females. There were male spies, but none of them were as successful as the female spies. Three of the very best spies were Rose O'Neal Greenhow. These ladies helped their side get information about the other sides' war tactics. Unknown Photo of Women in the Civil War.
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Wartime Spy Ladies: Nancy Morgan Hart (1735-1830)
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Sister site to Heroines of the Resistance at www.resistanceheroines.blogspot.com. Nancy Morgan Hart (1735-1830). Nancy Morgan was born in North Carolina sometime around 1735. She is said to be related to pioneer Daniel Boone and Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan. In the years of the Revolutionary War, most women and children were relocated for their safety. Nancy, however, chose to remain with her husband. But for most of the conflict, she was left alone to fend for herself and her children...Disgu...
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Wartime Spy Ladies: September 2013
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Sister site to Heroines of the Resistance at www.resistanceheroines.blogspot.com. MORE LADY SPIES . Posted by Judi Heit. Juliette Dodu, daughter of Alphonse Dodu and Disaiffre de Pellegrin, was born on 15 Jun 1848 in Saint-Denis de la Reunion. It was in the course of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. She was condemned to death. But the armistice was signed before her execution and Juliette Dodu was pardoned by prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and set free. Juliette Dodu in 1870. However, decree number ...
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Women in Flight: Video ~ Gladys Ingle Changes Planes in Mid-Air
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Just watch, all of you men. I'll show you what a woman can do . I'll go across the country, I'll race to the Moon . I'll never look back." Edna Gardner Whyte. Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Video Gladys Ingle Changes Planes in Mid-Air. In most barnstorming shows, men piloted the planes. When women participated, they usually performed stunts such as wing walking. Gladys Ingle. Posted by Judi Heit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). For my sister Diane who got on a plane for the first time October 1991. Women...
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Women in Flight: Video ~ Hanna Reitsch's Last Interview
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Just watch, all of you men. I'll show you what a woman can do . I'll go across the country, I'll race to the Moon . I'll never look back." Edna Gardner Whyte. Saturday, March 10, 2012. Video Hanna Reitsch's Last Interview. Posted by Judi Heit. My name is Mrs Sharon Sim. I live in Singapore and i am a happy woman today? 1 Name Of Applicant in Full:……. 2 Telephone Numbers:………. 3 Address and Location:……. 4 Amount in request………. 5 Repayment Period:………. 6 Purpose Of Loan…………. September 20, 2016 at 1:37 AM.
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Uncle Sam Wants YOU!: April 2016
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Uncle Sam Wants YOU! Friday, April 15, 2016. The "Hello" Girls of WWI. History of the Signal Corp Female Telephone Operators Unit. Although the term '. Hello Girls' was used by the Signal Corps, it did not originate there. It had been the common name used for switchboard operators who would say "hello" when you rang the switch as opposed to calling direct. The earliest reference to Hello Girls is in Mark Twain's. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. After being sworn into the U.S. Army, t...The f...
