The Real Wild West also looks at the central role played by the world’s oldest profession in the West – the female brothel bosses, the layers of business transaction. There was a movie about this.

Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart: Toting guns, these women of the Wild West shot down the view that life as a female pioneer was about cooking, sewing, cleaning and caring for ...

According to the Wild Wild West in Color website, the included exhibits highlight the “often-overlooked stories of Black cowboys, pioneers, and ranchers who played crucial roles in shaping the ...

In honor of Beyoncé releasing her next country album, ESSENCE is shining a light on the lesser-known history of the Black women of the wild, wild west.. In modern media, cowboys have ...