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I M A G E S G E T T Y Riding high in a man’s world Self-styled scout, performer and frontierwoman Martha Jane Cannary, better known as Calamity Jane, pictured in 1901. Having migrated to Montana at a young age, Jane made her name in male-dominated occupations, and for wearing men’s clothes 61 Æ

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Riding high in a man’s world Self-styled scout, performer and frontierwoman Martha Jane Cannary, better known as Calamity Jane, pictured in 1901. Having migrated to Montana at a young age, Jane made her name in male-dominated occupations, and for wearing men’s clothes

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