Did calamity jane have a child

Better known by her nickname ‘Calamity Jane’, the legendary Martha Jane Canary was famed as a sharp-shooting, tobacco-spitting, whisky-guzzling and foul-mouthed reprobate who regularly wore men’s clothes and engaged in fearsome gunfights in mid-19th century America’s Wild West.

As ever, the truth is more nuanced.

Much of what we know about Calamity Jane’s life comes from an autobiographical booklet that she dictated in 1896 which contained highly sensationalised or totally fabricated information.

More truthful reports about Calamity Jane paint a picture of a woman who was never extremely violent, and in spite of her fearsome reputation could also be kind and charitable.

She cared about her daughters, tended to the sick and had a lifelong unrequited love for Wild Bill Hickok before dying impoverished and ravaged by alcoholism.

Here are 10 facts about Calamity Jane and her fascinating life.

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She was one of six children

Calamity Jane was born Martha