Women of the Old West

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1. Who was Elizabeth Clift Bacon? A Dodge City madam Bufalo Bill's mistress General George Custer's wife Sam Houston's daughter-in-law

2. Who was Jesse James' wife? Zerelda Samuel Zerelda Cole Zerelda Mimms Zerelda Simms

3. What was Ella Watson was unjustly accused of and punished for? Bigamy Murder Performing abortions Cattle rustling

4. Agnes Lake owned a circus but is best remembered as the wife of one of these men. Which? Wild Bill Hickock Cole Younger Bufalo Bill Cody General George Crook

5. Which of the following women never thought of herself as herself Mrs. Wyatt Earp? Mattie Blaylock Alvira Sullivan Josephine Marcus Urilla Sutherland

6. What was Annie Oakley's real name? Annie Tallent Della Pringle Dora Hand Phoebe Moses

7. Belle Starr is remembered as the "Queen of the Bandits" but during her early years she was probably better known as one of these. Which? An entertainer A nurse who cared for her sick neighbors A nymphomanic A broncho buster

8. After leaving Butch Cassidy and the Sudance Kid in South America, Etta Place returned to the United States. What happened to her there? She changed her name to Emma Parkins and became an extra in silent films She disappeared from history She married a mining engineer from San Francisco She lived as a recluse in Bodie, California

9. Glendolene Myrtle Kimmell was a Wyoming schoolteacher. What is she best known for? Starting a school for Indian children Going insane and giving "Crazy Woman Creek" its name Being the daughter of President Rutherford Hayes Trying to save Tom Horn

10. What were Josie and Anne Bassett? Sisters who were both married to Mormon leader Brigham Young Twin sisters who controlled a silver mining empire Ranchers and friends of the Wild Bunch A mother and daughter who were captured by Shoshone warriors