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Annie Oakley Biography

Sharpshooter

Annie Oakley, born on August 13, 1860 and died on November 3, 1926, was a renowned American sharpshooter known for her exceptional shooting skills and performances.

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“When a man hits a target, they call him a marksman. When I hit a target, they call it a trick. Never did like that much.”

Feminism Sexism Skill

Author:Annie Oakley

“[On Sitting Bull:] The contents of his pockets were often emptied into the hands of small, ragged little boys, nor could he understand how so much wealth should go brushing by, unmindful of the poor.”

Should Littles Hands Wealth Poor Boys Sitting Pockets Bulls Little Boys Brushing Ragged

Author:Annie Oakley

“Aim for the high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally you'll hit the bull's-eye of success.”

Firsts Eye Perfect Practice Gun First Time Thirds Mark Aim Shooting Gun Control Bulls

Author:Annie Oakley

“A crowned queen was never treated with more reverence than I was by those whole-souled western boys…And for seventeen long years I was just their little sister, sharing both their news of joy and sorrow from home.”

Years Littles Long Whole Home Joy Boys Sorrow News Western Treated Queens Reverence Seventeen Little Sister Joys And Sorrows

Author:Annie Oakley

“For me, sitting still is harder than any kind of work.”

Kind Stills Sitting Harder Sitting Still

Author:Annie Oakley

“God intended women to be outside as well as men, and they do not know what they are missing when they stay cooped up in the house.”

Knows Men Wells House Missing

Author:Annie Oakley

“After traveling through fourteen foreign countries and appearing before all the royalty and nobility I have only one wish today. That is that when my eyes are closed in death that they will bury me back in that quiet little farm land where I was born.”

Littles Country Eye Today Wish Born Land Quiet Farms Nobility Royalty Appearing Fourteen Foreign Countries

Author:Annie Oakley

“I ain't afraid to love a man. I ain't afraid to shoot him either.”

Men Love Funny Shooting Shooter Afraid To Love

Author:Annie Oakley

“My mother…was perfectly horrified when I began shooting and tried to keep me in school, but I would run away and go quail shooting in the woods or trim my dresses with wreaths of wildflowers.”

Running School Mother Dresses Woods Shooting Running Away Wildflowers Wreaths Quails

Author:Annie Oakley

“I would like to see every woman know how to handle guns as naturally as they know how to handle babies.”

Knows Know How Baby Gun Handle

Author:Annie Oakley

“I ain't afraid to love a man.”

Men Afraid To Love

Author:Annie Oakley

“Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear frosty morning with a good gun and a pair of dogs does not know how to enjoy life.”

Knows Doe Country Enjoy Friendship Morning Know How Clear Dog Gun Pairs Enjoy Life

Author:Annie Oakley

“Aim at a high mark and you will hit it.”

Mark Aim

Author:Annie Oakley

“Even in the best and most peacefully civilized countries many occasions arise when a woman versed inthe knowledge and use of firarms may find that imformation and skill of great importance.”

May Country Use Politics Skills Importance Arise Occasions Civilized

Author:Annie Oakley

About the Author

Born: August 13, 1860
Died: November 3, 1926
Known for: Sharpshooter
Quotes: 14

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