The musical is still being performed today to remember a woman with an unusual skill. She showed that women could be just as good, if not better, than men.
In eighteen eighty-two, Annie took the name Oakley. She and Frank Butler started putting on shows together, demonstrating their abilities to shoot a gun.
Two years later, Annie Oakley met the famous Native American chief, Sitting Bull, at a performance. The chief liked her skill in shooting and also her personality.