Js annie oakley
- 1. Annie Oakley By: Jordyn Simon 2011
- 3. Birth She was born Phoebe Ann Moses on August 13, 1860 in western Ohio. Her family called her Annie.
- 4. Early Life Grew up poor on an Ohio farm. She learned about hunting from her father. She began hunting at age 8 to provide food for her family.
- 5. Education Annie and her siblings fed the animals, washed clothes and weeded the garden. They also helped store food for the winter. No one went to school or played games.
- 6. Adult Life/Career Annie married Frank Butler on August 23, 1876. Her career started when her husband’s performance partner became ill. She helped out by taking his place at the show. Annie’s big gun fascinated the crowd.
- 7. Adult Life/Career cont… When Annie became her husband’s permanent partner at the shows, she chose the stage name Annie Oakley. Annie toured with Sells Brothers Circus. She later joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. The Wild West show toured Europe.
- 9. Accomplishments Annie was very popular in Great Britain. Almost forty thousand to fifty thousand people came to see her shows including royalty from Great Britain and other European countries.
- 10. Impact on the World Annie became a role model for women and girls and showed that it is okay for women to ride, shoot and hunt. She was one of the first United States female sports stars and is remembered as a strong heroine of the Wild West.
- 11. Date & Cause of Death Annie died of anemia in Greenville, Ohio on November 3, 1926 at the age of 66. She is buried at Brock Cemetery in Darke County, Ohio.