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

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   Mar 12, 2024 · Johnston’s own grandmother used to tell the story of Calamity Jane helping their family recover from an illness. To thank her, his great-great grandmother made Calamity a nice shirt.

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

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   "Calamity Jane" is a song by Kiya Heartwood on Wishing Chair's Underdog CD (2005). Alain Bashung, Chloé Mons, Rodolphe Burger released the album La Ballade de Calamity Jane (2006) based on Jane's letters to her daughter. "Kalamity Jane" is a song by Czech rock band Kabát. "Calamity Jane" is a song by Chris Anderson on his album "The Crown ...

4. www.historynet.com › calamity-jane-and-wild-billUncovering the Real Story of Calamity Jane - HistoryNet

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   Jan 29, 2020 · Uncovering the Real Story of Calamity Jane. An interview with Jane biographer James D. McLaird. by Sierra Adare 1/29/2020. Calamity was a crowd-pleaser at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., but she soon grew restless for the wide-open West. ( (William B. Secrest Collection))

5. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsThe truth about Calamity Jane - The Independent

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   Doris's Jane is played very broad, in a Deadwood plainly located in the gentle, folded hills of California, in a town where Hickok is a bit of a dandy with a singing voice just like that of Howard ...

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

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Eras Tour Tickets The True Story of ‘Blitz ... Jane's life was brought to the big screen in the 1953 musical Calamity Jane with Doris Day playing the outlaw. QUICK FACTS. Name: Martha Jane ...

7. www.neh.gov › humanities › 2015Myth Versus Truth in the Life of Calamity Jane: Ask Glenda Bell

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   In the late 1980s and early nineties, information about Calamity Jane was sparse, so Bell went to work, and she now has almost three decades of research under her belt. Amy McKinney, assistant professor of history at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, says only a handful of people in the world can match Bell’s expertise on Calamity Jane.

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   Is Calamity Jane based on a true story?

   • Calamity Jane is a 1953 musical-Western film from Warner Bros. starring Doris Day and Howard Keel as Wild Bill Hickok. The plot of the film is almost entirely fictional and bears little resemblance to the actual lives of the protagonists. It won the Best Song Oscar for "Secret Love", by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster.

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   Was Calamity Jane a real person?

   • Few substantiated facts are known about Calamity Jane’s life, but much is known about the legend. It seems her biography is a mix of wild tales — many promoted by Jane herself — and plausibly accurate events. What is generally believed to be true is that she was born Martha Jane Cannary, possibly on May 1, 1852, in Princeton, Missouri.

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   What was Calamity Jane famous for?

   • Jane's life was brought to the big screen in the 1953 musical Calamity Jane with Doris Day playing the outlaw. Best Known For: 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.

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   Why was Calamity Jane a strange heroine?

   • And so, Calamity Jane became a strange heroine for gay liberation and the battle for women's rights. After all, with a fond gaze, you could say to yourself - just consider the courage, the ingenuity, the independence (et cetera, et cetera) a Martha Jane Cannary needed to survive in the West.

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   How old was Calamity Jane when she died?

   • For example, census reports show she was born in 1856, not 1852, which means she died at age 47. Such information was available earlier to anyone willing to seriously research her life. Originally published in the February 2006 issue of Wild West. Sierra Adare (10/12/2024) Uncovering the Real Story of Calamity Jane.

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   Did Calamity Jane have alcoholism?

   • In fact, alcoholism was constant refrain throughout her life, writes historian James D. McLaird in Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legends, perpetuating her lifelong poverty. “Sadly, after romantic adventures are removed, her story is mostly an account of uneventful daily life interrupted by drinking binges,” he writes.

   Who was the real Calamity Jane? Historians search for an answer

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9. truewestmagazine.com › article › the-real-andThe Real and Imagined Life of Calamity Jane - True West Magazine

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   Oct 9, 2014 · In The Life and Legends of Calamity Jane, Richard W. Etulain separates fact from myth, showing all sides of this complex larger-than-life person. If you want to learn the truth and hear the fable of this Old West character, you need to read this book. —Bill Markley author of Deadwood Dead Men.