This week on Well Behaved Women, we talk about a real badass, or WAS SHE?!?! Join the group as guest Adam Franti of Murderhobos helps Lauren weave the tale of Martha Cannary. Episode one of two, this portion covers the first major part of her life, up to about 1876. 

 

Sources: 

 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/calamity-jane

https://www.deadwood.com/history/infamous-deadwood/calamity-jane/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamity_Jane

https://www.biography.com/history-culture/calamity-jane

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Calamity-Jane-American-frontierswoman

https://study.com/academy/lesson/calamity-jane-biography-facts.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/calamity-jane-is-born

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_American_Old_West

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sioux_War_of_1876https://www.ilibrarian.net/history/oregon_trail_map_large.jpg

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-calamityjane/

https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/w00014.html

 

 

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