What was Annie Oakley's nickname?

Annie Oakley used her skill at shooting a gun to become one of the most famous sharp shooters in American history. She was born in 1860, in a log cabin near Woodland, Ohio. Her father passed away when she was 6 years old.

Because of poverty following the death of her father, Annie did not regularly attend school as a child. She began trapping before the age of seven, and shooting and hunting by age eight, to support her siblings and mother. She sold the hunted game to local merchants. She paid off the mortgage on her mother's farm when she was 15.

Her talent first came to light when she won a shooting match against traveling-show marksman and future husband. They joined 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West' show at age 25. The very petite Oakley was given the nickname of 'Little Sure Shot' in advertisements. They went with the show on a 3 year tour.

In Europe, she performed for royal families and public officials. Oakley promoted the service of women for the US military. At 30 paces she could split a playing card, she hit dimes tossed into the air, she shot cigarettes from her husband's lips & a playing card being thrown into the air.

She was later badly injured in a train wreck and had several spinal surgeries. It is believed that Oakley taught more than 15,000 women how to use a gun. She continued to set records into her sixties, and also engaged in extensive philanthropy for women's rights and other causes. Oakley died at age 66.