"Annie Oakley in 15mm" Topic

Does anyone make anything in 15mm that would work for the unit of female sharpshooters Annie Oakley offer to form for the Spanish American War?

Peter Pig have some female 'gunfighters 'in their Wild West range but that's one of the few that they don't have photos of. peterpig.co.uk/range15.htm What 'uniform' was proposed for them?

It's not a great figure but there is a woman armed with a rifle in the Minifigs Wild West Range. link

She is in set WW13 or WW14, I'm not sure which. They will, however, sell the figures singly f you don't want to buy the whole set.

She's on the left on the second row:

I recommend looking at Blue Moon's wild west figures. While there are only a few female gun fighter figures in the packs you can always try approaching them to see if you can get multiples of the figures you want. The worse they will do is say no. Peter Pig's female gunfighters won't look much different than the men – unless you paint them in 'feminine' colors. Of course, to a lesser extent, that might be true with the Blue Moon. But I think one or more of their figures is actually modeled on Annie Oakley, or at least one of the actresses who played her over the years.

I'm more curious – what was the unit she offered to form?

I own pretty much every old west figure made in 15 mm that isn't really bad (only one range in that category which will remain nameless – because I'm trying to forget I ever saw them!) Hovels, Peter Pig, some Irregular, Freikorps Yellow Ribbon Range, and Blue Moon (though not so much of their plain wars figures – had too many already before they came out).

Check out Khurasan's Sci-Fi "Mystri Island" there is a three figure set, one of them is a female with a large rifle or shotgun, could be an elephant gun. It is a really nice figure.

She offered the President a unit of female sharp shooters for use against Spain. I don't have all the details in front of me at this time.

Terry

Off Wikipedia
Oakley promoted the service of women in combat operations for the United States armed forces. She wrote a letter to President William McKinley on April 5, 1898, "offering the government the services of a company of 50 'lady sharpshooters' who would provide their own arms and ammunition should the U.S. go to war with Spain."[21]
The Spanish-American War did occur, but Oakley's offer was not accepted. Theodore Roosevelt, did, however, name his volunteer cavalry the "Rough Riders" after the "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World" where Oakley was a major star.

Here is the original reference
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