5 Famous Sharpshooting Ladies of Years Past

By GDC Staff

History is littered with the contributions women have made to the shooting sports and guns in general. To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re going to take a look at five impressive ladies and their shooting skills.
1. Mary Fields
Often misidentified as an image of Harriet Tubman, this is Mary Fields, better known as “Stagecoach Mary.” Nice TD on that Winchester musket. (Photo: Public Domain)
Dubbed “Stagecoach Mary,” Mary Fields was a star route mail carrier and the first African-American woman to earn that position. Born into slavery in 1832, she was freed after the Civil War. Migrating to the midwest, she was well-known for her drinking, smoking and gun-toting ways.
She eventually went to work delivering the mail as a star route mail carrier and earned her nickname due to her speedy delivery of parcel and mail. She was a tough, fierce woman rumored to have bravely faced off against stagecoach thieves and even a pack of wolves with her trusty rifle in hand. Fields passed away in 1914.
2.Martha “Calamity Jane” Canary
Calamity Jane was known for her adventurous side and her tall tales, carrying the legend of being one of Gen. Crook’s scouts for most of her life. The above cabinet photo, complete

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