Gallant Ladies.

Calamity Jane, 1852-1903

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Calamity Jane, born Martha Jane Canary, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. In addition to many exploits, she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Late in her life, she appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. She is said to have exhibited compassion to others, especially to the sick and needy. This facet of her character contrasted with her daredevil ways and helped to make her a noted frontier figure. She ...

Mata Hari, 1876-1917

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Mata Hari, born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle MacLeod was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed by firing squad in France. The idea of a beautiful exotic dancer using her powers of seduction as a spy made her name synonymous with the femme fatale. Her story has served as an inspiration for many books, films, and other works. It has been said that she was convicted and condemned because the French Army needed a scape...

Starr, Belle, 1848-1889

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Belle Starr was associated with the James–Younger Gang and other outlaws. She was convicted of horse theft in 1883. She was fatally shot in 1889 in a case that is still officially unsolved....

Lecouvreur, Adrienne, 1692-1730

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French actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [the Countess Aurora Konigs March, Mother of Maurice de Saxe], 1721 Mar. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864538 French tragic actress. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Paris, to the uncle of the dramatist, Alexis Piron, 1730 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598268 ...

Read, Mary, ca. 1695-1721

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Mary Read (born 1685 in England – died 28 April 1721, Port Royal, Jamaica), also known as Mark Read, was an English pirate. She and Anne Bonny are two of the most famed female pirates of all time, and among the few women known to have been convicted of piracy during the early 18th century, at the height of the "Golden Age of Piracy". Read was born in England in 1685. She began dressing as a boy at a young age, at first at her mother's urging in order to receive inheritance money and then as a...

Chevreuse, Marie de Rohan, duchesse de, 1600-1679

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Marie de Rohan was involved with major court intrigues during the reign of Louis XIII, King of France. From the description of [Letter 1637] juil. 17 [to] Monsieur le cardinal / m de Rohan. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 320955780 ...

La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de, 1756-1791

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Maupin, Mademoiselle, 1670-1707

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Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788

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Elizabeth Chudleigh (c.1720-1788), courtier and bigamist, was the younger daughter and youngest child of Colonel Thomas Chudleigh (c.1688-1726), lieutenant-governor of Chelsea Hospital, and Henrietta Chudleigh (d. 1756) of Chalmington, Dorset. Her grandmother had been the author Mary Chudleigh. On August 4, 1744, Elizabeth secretly married Lieutenant the Hon. Augustus John Hervey RN (1724-1779). In 1768 Hervey, eager to marry another, pressed Elizabeth for a divorce and the case was brought to t...

Bonny, Anne, 1698-1782

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