Warrior Women of America

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The Pentagon opens combat roles to women, marking a milestone in the long history of armed women in the United States that starts in the Revolutionary War.

Molly Pitcher

One American warrior woman was on the front lines before there was even a United States. Mary Ludwig-Hays accompanied her artilleryman husband, William Hays, to Valley Forge and then to the Battle of Monmouth in 1778.

Calamity Jane

After the revolution was won, warrior women moved west with the advancing Manifest Destiny of the American frontier. One of them was Martha Jane Canary. She was born in Missouri, but moved west with her family until a series of calamities left her scraping to support her siblings in Piedmont, Wyoming.

Moving Robe Woman

While Martha Jane Canary brought calamity down upon the Native Americans, one woman warrior was fighting back.

In 1876, Moving Robe Woman of the Hunkpapa Lakota sought revenge for the death of her brother, One Hawk, during the Battle of Little Big Horn, famous as Custer's last stand. Moving Robe Woman rode out for vengeance with another group of warriors to bolster the Lakota assault on Custer's 7th Cavalry.

Annie Oakley

One of the first Americans to call for women to be allowed to serve in combat was another star of Buffalo Bill's show, Phoebe Ann Moses, better known as Annie Oakley.

Laura Bullion

Walking Robe Woman and Mary Ludwig-Hays were fighting for their people's survival, while Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley, despite their rough streaks, were generally known for their heroic adventures. Other American warrior women were decidedly wicked.

Laura Bullion was an outlaw, who rode with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's Wild Bunch.

Etta Place

Or maybe Bullion wasn't the last Wild Bunch woman. Etta Place, the lover of the Sundance Kid, disappeared after the probable death of the Kid in a shootout with Bolivian soldiers.

Bonnie Parker

Unlike Place, the end of the short, violent life of Bonnie Parker was well-documented. Advances in the mass media during the early 20th century made Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow infamous and famous on the national stage right up to their gruesome finale.

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Edited January 31, 2013 by Render

[wolfknight]

So true but I don't think Annie Oakley really served in combat.

[freetoroam]

The Pentagon opens combat roles to women

Hope they are not using Bonnie Parker as a role model.

[Ealdwita]

If they all look like this, them I'm joining up again!

Edited January 31, 2013 by ealdwita

[Ashotep]

I think even if they didn't serve in combat these are women that could of.

[PersonFromPorlock]

I don't recall any "heroic adventures" on Annie Oakley's part. She was just a famous trick shot, and is generally considered not to have been as good as her near-contemporary, Elizabeth (Plinky) Topperwein.