August 13, 2012 | 47 notes
On this day in 1860, the famed female sharpshooter was born in Ohio. In this letter to President William McKinley, Oakley offers the government the services of a company of “lady sharpshooters” who would provide their own arms and ammunition should war break out with Spain, April 5, 1898.
Ed note: Oakley, known as the “Princess of the West,” was good at shooting down the competition—and she did it in true Victorian, ladylike fashion.
