Born on August 13, 1860, as Phoebe Ann Moses, she started using the stage name around the time she joined The Wild West Show in 1885. Oakley was originally from Darke County, Ohio. Her father passed away when she was 5 years old. Anne helped feed the family by making traps to catch game before taking up her father's rifle. Tragedy struck again when Oakley's stepfather died in 1870. As a teen, she started to regularly sell her kills to the local grocer and hotels, earning enough to pay off the mortgage on her mother's house. Her mastery of shooting became her career and even led her to meet her husband, fellow sharpshooter Frank E. Butler, in 1875. Oakley was visiting her sister in Cincinnati when she was invited to a shooting match with Butler. In 1885, Oakley joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which would launch her to international fame. In 1887, the company performed at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in London. The couple finally left the western show when Oakley was injured in a 1901 train accident. However, she continued to appear at exhibitions until she officially retired at 53. Oakley was also passionate about teaching women how to shoot for sport and protection, and she's thought to have taught more than 15,000 women to shoot over the years through free classes. Her health declined rapidly after a car accident in 1922 left her with a permanent leg injury. In 1926, she was diagnosed with a blood disorder and died at 66 years old in Greenville, Ohio. Her husband, who had been in North Carolina for the winter, died 18 days later.   "Aim for the high mark and you will hit it," she's reported to have said. "No, not the first time, not the second time, and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting, for only practice will make you perfect. Finally, you'll hit the bulls-eye of success."