Old West Female Outlaws

Lesson 5: Loyal Lovers and Shady Ladies

Bibliography and Sources

Rose of Cimmarron

Women of the Western Frontier in Fact, Fiction and Film, Lackmann, Ron McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 1997.

Big Nose Kate

Women of the Western Frontier in Fact, Fiction and Film, Lackmann, Ron McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 1997.

Baby Doe Tabor:

Wild Women of the Old West. Riley, Glenda and Etulain, Richard. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Co. 2003. (Chapter 1, Pages 2-28 Baby Doe Tabor: The Culture of Beauty)

For in-depth reading about Baby Doe Tabor:

The Legend of Baby Doe Burke, John.University of Nebraska Press, 2nd printing, 1989.

Websites: For photographs and more information about Big Nose Kate and Baby Doe Tabor, click on the following links:

Legends of America http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-BigNo...

Legends of America http://www.legendsofamerica.com/CP-Tabor...

For Further, in depth reading about Baby Doe Tabor:

The Legend of Baby Doe by John Burke University of Nebraska Press, 2nd printing, 1989

Discussion Questions:
1. Was the Rose of Cimarron brave or foolish in her actions?
2. Which of these women were admirable for standing by her man and which were foolish?
3. Why do you think Baby Doe was snubbed by the ladies of Denver Society even after she and Tabor were married?
4. Why did Baby Doe persist in her belief The Matchless would pay off?

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