As they say, well behaved women seldom make history ... and these five female outlaws became Wild West legends.
1. Belle Starr (1848–1889)
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1. Belle Starr (1848–1889) Myra
Maybelle Shirley started dreaming of an outlaw’s life when Jesse
James’s gang hid out at her family’s farm when she was a child, and she
willingly joined her first husband when he enlisted in Thomas Starr’s
lawless clan. After his death, Belle married Sam Starr, the son of her
first husband’s criminal partner. Known for her dead-aim, velvet riding
habit, and the ostrich plume she wore in her Stetson, Starr went out
true to form: shot in the back while galloping away.
2. Pearl Hart (c. 1871–unknown) At 22
years old, Canadian-born Pearl Hart was left penniless by her husband’s
gambling ways. But that wouldn’t hold her back. Inspired by Western
icons like Annie Oakley, she headed to Arizona where she met Joe Boot,
who tutored her in a life of crime. The pair was caught in 1899 after
committing one of the last stagecoach robberies in the United States.
3. Laura Bullion (1876–1961) Born
to an immigrant mother and outlaw father, Bullion inherited a legacy of
hard knocks. She was working as a prostitute in San Antonio when she
met and joined the Wild Bunch gang. Known as the “The Thorny Rose,”
Bullion assisted in robberies and other armed crimes, often disguised as
a man, until she was caught with $8,500 of banknotes acquired in the
Great Northern train robbery.
4. Rose Dunn (1878–1955) Rose Dunn
entered a life of crime after her brothers taught her to ride, rope, and
shoot at a young age. When they joined George “Bittercreek” Newcomb’s
band of outlaws, she quickly became the darling of the gang. She fell in
love with Newcomb, and once saved him from a posse of U.S. Marshals. As
he sat wounded, Dunn ran through open fire to supply him with
ammunition, then held off the Marshals with shots from her rifle until
he could limp to safety.
5. Bonnie Parker (1910–1934) The star
pupil of her high school class, Bonnie Parker hardly seemed like a
bandit in the making. Yet that’s what she became almost overnight after
meeting ex-con Clyde Barrow in 1930. Together, they embarked on a
21-month crime spree that spanned five states and cost 13 civilians
their lives, before law enforcement—led by former Texas Ranger Frank
Hamer—finally ambushed the pair near Gibsland, La., on May 23, 1934
1. Belle Starr (1848–1889) Myra
Maybelle Shirley started dreaming of an outlaw’s life when Jesse
James’s gang hid out at her family’s farm when she was a child, and she
willingly joined her first husband when he enlisted in Thomas Starr’s
lawless clan. After his death, Belle married Sam Starr, the son of her
first husband’s criminal partner. Known for her dead-aim, velvet riding
habit, and the ostrich plume she wore in her Stetson, Starr went out
true to form: shot in the back while galloping away.
2. Pearl Hart (c. 1871–unknown) At 22
years old, Canadian-born Pearl Hart was left penniless by her husband’s
gambling ways. But that wouldn’t hold her back. Inspired by Western
icons like Annie Oakley, she headed to Arizona where she met Joe Boot,
who tutored her in a life of crime. The pair was caught in 1899 after
committing one of the last stagecoach robberies in the United States.
3. Laura Bullion (1876–1961) Born
to an immigrant mother and outlaw father, Bullion inherited a legacy of
hard knocks. She was working as a prostitute in San Antonio when she
met and joined the Wild Bunch gang. Known as the “The Thorny Rose,”
Bullion assisted in robberies and other armed crimes, often disguised as
a man, until she was caught with $8,500 of banknotes acquired in the
Great Northern train robbery.
4. Rose Dunn (1878–1955) Rose Dunn
entered a life of crime after her brothers taught her to ride, rope, and
shoot at a young age. When they joined George “Bittercreek” Newcomb’s
band of outlaws, she quickly became the darling of the gang. She fell in
love with Newcomb, and once saved him from a posse of U.S. Marshals. As
he sat wounded, Dunn ran through open fire to supply him with
ammunition, then held off the Marshals with shots from her rifle until
he could limp to safety.
5. Bonnie Parker (1910–1934) The star
pupil of her high school class, Bonnie Parker hardly seemed like a
bandit in the making. Yet that’s what she became almost overnight after
meeting ex-con Clyde Barrow in 1930. Together, they embarked on a
21-month crime spree that spanned five states and cost 13 civilians
their lives, before law enforcement—led by former Texas Ranger Frank
Hamer—finally ambushed the pair near Gibsland, La., on May 23, 1934
1. Belle Starr (1848–1889)
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Belle Starr (1848–1889) Myra Maybelle Shirley started dreaming of an
outlaw’s life when Jesse James’s gang hid out at her family’s farm when
she was a child, and she willingly joined her first husband when he
enlisted in Thomas Starr’s lawless clan. After his death, Belle married
Sam Starr, the son of her first husband’s criminal partner. Known for
her dead-aim, velvet riding habit, and the ostrich plume she wore in her
Stetson, Starr went out true to form: shot in the back while galloping
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1. Belle Starr (1848–1889) Myra
Maybelle Shirley started dreaming of an outlaw’s life when Jesse
James’s gang hid out at her family’s farm when she was a child, and she
willingly joined her first husband when he enlisted in Thomas Starr’s
lawless clan. After his death, Belle married Sam Starr, the son of her
first husband’s criminal partner. Known for her dead-aim, velvet riding
habit, and the ostrich plume she wore in her Stetson, Starr went out
true to form: shot in the back while galloping away.
- See more at:
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1. Belle Starr (1848–1889) Myra
Maybelle Shirley started dreaming of an outlaw’s life when Jesse
James’s gang hid out at her family’s farm when she was a child, and she
willingly joined her first husband when he enlisted in Thomas Starr’s
lawless clan. After his death, Belle married Sam Starr, the son of her
first husband’s criminal partner. Known for her dead-aim, velvet riding
habit, and the ostrich plume she wore in her Stetson, Starr went out
true to form: shot in the back while galloping away.
- See more at:
http://www.americancowboy.com/article/greatest-female-outlaws-28311?utm_source=AmericanCowboyFB&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Facebook#sthash.9odKTrL5.dpuf
1. Belle Starr (1848–1889) Myra
Maybelle Shirley started dreaming of an outlaw’s life when Jesse
James’s gang hid out at her family’s farm when she was a child, and she
willingly joined her first husband when he enlisted in Thomas Starr’s
lawless clan. After his death, Belle married Sam Starr, the son of her
first husband’s criminal partner. Known for her dead-aim, velvet riding
habit, and the ostrich plume she wore in her Stetson, Starr went out
true to form: shot in the back while galloping away.
2. Pearl Hart (c. 1871–unknown) At 22
years old, Canadian-born Pearl Hart was left penniless by her husband’s
gambling ways. But that wouldn’t hold her back. Inspired by Western
icons like Annie Oakley, she headed to Arizona where she met Joe Boot,
who tutored her in a life of crime. The pair was caught in 1899 after
committing one of the last stagecoach robberies in the United States.
3. Laura Bullion (1876–1961) Born
to an immigrant mother and outlaw father, Bullion inherited a legacy of
hard knocks. She was working as a prostitute in San Antonio when she
met and joined the Wild Bunch gang. Known as the “The Thorny Rose,”
Bullion assisted in robberies and other armed crimes, often disguised as
a man, until she was caught with $8,500 of banknotes acquired in the
Great Northern train robbery.
4. Rose Dunn (1878–1955) Rose Dunn
entered a life of crime after her brothers taught her to ride, rope, and
shoot at a young age. When they joined George “Bittercreek” Newcomb’s
band of outlaws, she quickly became the darling of the gang. She fell in
love with Newcomb, and once saved him from a posse of U.S. Marshals. As
he sat wounded, Dunn ran through open fire to supply him with
ammunition, then held off the Marshals with shots from her rifle until
he could limp to safety.
5. Bonnie Parker (1910–1934) The star
pupil of her high school class, Bonnie Parker hardly seemed like a
bandit in the making. Yet that’s what she became almost overnight after
meeting ex-con Clyde Barrow in 1930. Together, they embarked on a
21-month crime spree that spanned five states and cost 13 civilians
their lives, before law enforcement—led by former Texas Ranger Frank
Hamer—finally ambushed the pair near Gibsland, La., on May 23, 1934
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