Annie Oakley use a gun for the empowering image that it gave. Laura Browder discusses how Oakley's stardom gave hope to women and youth in "Her Best Shot: Women and Guns In America". Oakley pressed for women to be independent and educated. She was a key influence in the creation of the image of the American cowgirl. Through this image, she provided substantial evidence that women are as capable as men when offered the opportunity to prove themselves. Annie Oakley Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Her amazing
The Wild Wild West shows such as "Rawhide", where each episode title began with "Incident at" or "Incident of," and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", where episodes were titled "The (Blank) Affair." Robert Conrad starred as James West. Before "The Wild Wild West", Conrad played private eye Tom Lopaka in ABC's "Hawaiian Eye" for four seasons, 1959-63. Conrad claimed to be the 17th actor to test for the role of James West. (Rory Calhoun was initially announced for the part.) Conrad performed nearly all of his own stunts on "The Wild Wild West". "For the first few episodes we tried stuntmen," Conrad explained, "but the