This is Angela Odell and you are listening to real cool history for kids.

A podcast show featuring history told from a distinctly biblical world view perspective.

Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to Episode 50 of Real Cool History for Kids.

This episode is for Emily Whitefield, an honor of her ninth birthday on May 21, 2021.

Happy birthday, Emily. Here is your special episode about Annie Oakley.

In our last episode, I told you the story of Amelia Earhart, the determined lady who decided

to be the first woman to do a lot of never before accomplished achievements in aviation.

We talked about how her determination to soar high and far inspired the world around her.

I ended that episode by reading some verses written by James, the brother of Jesus,

encouraging us to use hardships to grow our spiritual muscles and faith.

Well, in this podcast, I am going to tell you the story of another amazing lady in history.

Many aspects of this lady's life are a bit mysterious because there are contradictory dates

and name spellings, but we do know that she was a spunky little woman who is known as the best

female sharpshooter of the Wild West.

Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Mosy on August 13, 1860. Her last name is actually one of those

mysterious aspects of her life. Some historians believe that it was actually Moses, while others have

it recorded as Mosy, spelled with a Z and two E's. At any rate, Phoebe Ann went by Annie pretty

much from the start of her life. She was the fifth of seven surviving children in her family.

Annie's childhood was difficult. Her family was poor and fraught with hard and sad events.

When Annie was five or six years old, her dad died from pneumonia. The time period right after

his death was extremely difficult for the family. Annie's mom remarried, but sadly this

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