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Ellen Liddy "Ella" Watson (July 2, 1860 [1] – July 20, 1889) was a pioneer of Wyoming who became known as Cattle Kate, an outlaw of the Old West, although the characterization is a dubious one, as subsequent research has tended to see her as a much maligned victim of a self-styled land baron.
Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression.
Ann Bassett (May 12, 1878 – May 8, 1956), also known as Queen Ann Bassett, was a prominent female rancher of the Old West, and with her sister Josie Bassett, was an associate of outlaws, particularly Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch.
Katie Hickman's "Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West" features pioneer wives, trafficked immigrants and a heroic Black midwife, among others.
Pearl de Vere (October 1859 – June 5, 1897), known as the "soiled dove of Cripple Creek", was a 19th-century prostitute and madam, and owner of one of the most famed and exclusive brothels in the American Old West.
The actress helped inspire the look for the famous logo, one of several actresses ordered by Columbia Pictures to pose as Miss Liberty, for which she was only paid $25. (Photo: Tim Boyle ...
On the frontier, Bailey continued to act as an express rider despite being over seventy years old. [2] She died in Ohio in 1825 at eighty-three years old. Her remains were reinterred in Trotter graveyard near her son's house and was there for 76 years but in October 1901 her body was moved to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, State Park. [2]