They were married August 23, The happy couple toured around the country, and Butler continued to perform as a marksman. Oakley acted as his assistant and held up items for Butler to shoot. She would also do some shooting. From that moment, Oakley became part of the act. Paul, Minnesota. The couple performed as partners, but Oakley quickly rose to fame. Butler chose to support his wife and work as her assistant and manager. Oakley became the star of the show. During these years, they traveled around the country and abroad.
They also toured in Spain, Italy, and France. Over the course of her career, Oakley showed people around the world that women were capable and able to handle firearms and even out-shoot men.
She encouraged women to learn how to use pistols that could be kept in purses in order to protect themselves. She was passionate about empowering women, and helping children. Two years later, Oakley found herself in a legal battle. Other newspapers across the country also began to print the same story, however the report was entirely false. With Oakley's skills — on various occasions she hit of , of 1,, and 4, of 5, targets — she did quite well on the shooting circuit. New Arenas Oakley and Butler were in a train accident in late , and shortly thereafter she left Cody's show for good.
Within a year she was appearing on stage in a melodrama written for her, The Western Girl. Hopes for a quieter life were dashed in , when William Randolph Hearst published a false article claiming she was in jail for stealing to support a cocaine habit. Oakley, whose "highest ambition" was "to be considered a lady," was mortified, and she ended up filing against newspapers that had libeled her, winning or settling 54 of them.
That took up the bulk of her efforts until , and Oakley subsequently joined another Wild West show, performing until She then enjoyed a comfortable retirement with Butler in Maryland and North Carolina, hunting and giving shooting lessons to other women and performing at charity events. During World War I, Annie also offered to raise a regiment of crack female sharpshooters, but the government ignored her, so Oakley instead raised money for the Red Cross by giving shooting demonstrations at army camps around the country.
Annie Oakley died on November 3, Frank Butler, to whom she had been married for 50 years, died 18 days later. Annie Oakley was not her real name. Oakley proved an expert shot at a young age. She outgunned a professional sharpshooter—and then married him.
Chief Sitting Bull considered Oakley his adopted daughter. How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland. Her noted shooting ability brought an invitation from Jack Frost, a hotel owner in Cincinnati who had purchased her game, to participate in a shooting contest against a well-known marksman, Frank E.
Butler was on tour with several other marksmen. While on the road, he typically offered challenges to local shooters. Annie won the match with twenty-five shots out of twenty-five attempts. Butler missed one of his shots. This amazing girl entranced Butler, and the two shooters began a courtship that resulted in marriage on August 23, Annie and Frank Butler first appeared in a show together May 1, It was at this time that Annie adopted the stage name of Oakley.
Off stage, she was always Mrs. Frank Butler. For the next few years, the Butlers traveled across the country giving shooting exhibitions with their dog, George, as an integral part of the act.
At a March performance in St. Although Sitting Bull was still a political prisoner at Fort Yates, he was in town for an appearance, and had arranged to meet Oakley. They became fast friends.
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