Calamity Jane: Portrait of a Woman who Defied Conventions

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Author
Desarmo, Christopher T.
Keyword
First Reader Lisa Keller
Senior Project
Semester Fall 2020
Readers/Advisors
Keller, Lisa
Term and Year
Fall 2020
Date Published
2020

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/12575
Abstract
Calamity Jane is typically portrayed as a gun-slinging, rowdy, and cussing woman of the west. She defied gender stereotypes of the 19th century United States and shows one unique way some women faced challenges of the West faced. This paper examines Calamity Jane's life, her interactions with Wild Bill Hickok, and her portrayal during her lifetimes and in the 20th-century media.
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