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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Calamity_JaneCalamity Jane - Wikipedia

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   "Calamity Jane" is a song by Chris Anderson on his album "The Crown" (2004). The 1953 movie Calamity Jane with Doris Day and Howard Keel features the song "My Secret Love", which won the 1954 Academy Award for "Best Music

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3. www.biography.com › history-culture › calamity-janeCalamity Jane - Movie, Death & Facts - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Calamity Jane was a woman of the Wild West renowned for her sharp-shooting, whiskey-swilling and cross-dressing ways – but also for her kindness towards others. Updated: Jul 06, 2020 12:10 PM...

4. www.historyhit.com › facts-about-calamity-jane10 Facts About Calamity Jane - History Hit

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   • She was one of six children. Calamity Jane was born Martha Jane Cannary on 1 May 1852, in Princeton, Missouri. She was the eldest of six children born to Robert and Charlotte Cannary, who were reportedly unsavoury figures involved in petty crime.
   • She was orphaned aged 12. In 1865, the family moved by wagon train to Montana, perhaps to try and make their fortune in the goldfields. Jane’s mother Charlotte died of pneumonia en route.
   • She worked a variety of jobs. In Piedmont, Jane took jobs as a dishwasher, cook, waitress, dance hall girl, nurse, ox-team driver and from 1874 was an on-and-off sex worker at the Fort Laramie Three-Mile Hog Ranch.
   • The origins of her nickname are disputed. It was claimed that Jane earned the nickname ‘Calamity Jane’ during her time as a sex worker. It is also claimed that the name was a result of her warnings to men that to offend her was to ‘court calamity’.

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Calamity-Jane-AmericanCalamity Jane | Biography, Wild West & Deadwood | Britannica

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   Jul 28, 2024 · Calamity Jane (born May 1, 1852?, near Princeton, Mo.?, U.S.—died Aug. 1, 1903, Terry, near Deadwood, S.D.) was a legendary American frontierswoman whose name was often linked with that of Wild Bill Hickok.

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7. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleWho was the real Calamity Jane? Historians search for an answer.

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   Mar 12, 2024 · Calamity Jane—born Martha Jane Canary—is a legend of the American West. But was she a gunslinger? An Army scout? A rider for the Pony Express? After a century of half-truths and...

8. www.legendsofamerica.com › we-calamityjaneCalamity Jane – Rowdy Woman of the West - Legends of America

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   Calamity Jane, one of the rowdiest and adventurous women in the Old West, was a frontierswoman and professional scout, who was known for her being a friend to Wild Bill Hickok and appearing in Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show.

9. www.historynet.com › calamity-jane-and-wild-bill-hickokUncovering the Real Story of Calamity Jane - HistoryNet

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   Jan 29, 2020 · Trying to separate fact from fiction in the life of the legendary Calamity Jane is about as difficult as trying to prospect for gold on the Staked Plains or trying to walk straight when drunk as a skunk.