American Experience · SEASON 18

Annie Oakley

Episode 12 · 2006-05-08

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Episode overview

An on-target profile of the sharpshooter (1860-1926) who was “the first American woman ever to become a superstar.” Included: Oakley, at 15, winning a shooting match with future husband Frank Butler; achieving stardom with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; filing libel suits against a number of newspapers for reporting that she was a drug addict; teaching thousands of women to shoot, while opposing women's suffrage.

55 minutes

Season 18 episodes

1. Two Days in October2005-10-17 2. Race to the Moon2005-10-31 3. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City2005-11-14 4. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca2005-11-15 5. John and Abigail Adams2006-01-23 6. The Nuremberg Trials2006-01-30 7. Jesse James2006-02-06 8. Hijacked2006-02-25 9. Eugene O'Neill2006-03-21 10. The Boy in the Bubble2006-04-10 11. The Alaska Pipeline2006-04-24 12. Annie Oakley2006-05-08 13. The Man Behind Hitler2006-05-22