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TEXAS WOMEN
by Carolyn Brown Zniewski
I think Buck Owens, born in Sherman, Texas, was talking about Texas women when
he wrote “Cigarettes, whiskey and wild, wild women; they’ll drive you crazy.” Here are
some wild Texas women for you to sort out, some criminals and some heroines and all
strong and independent. Multiple choice answers for 1-5 are below question 5.
1) This woman owned a ranch in Texas that was in financial trouble. In 1901, in order
to get the money to pay the mortgage, she accepted a dare to be the first person to
go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She survived the trip and paid the mortgage with
her winnings.
2) Captured by Comanche Warriors, this woman became an honored member of the
tribe and raised two sons, one of whom became a respected Comanche Chief.
3) This wild Texas woman with her partner in crime, cut a wide swathe of robbery and
murder across much of the West, often sending “publicity packs”of photos and poet-
ry to local papers. In only four years their crime spree earned them a reputation that
has lasted to the present day.
4) This six-foot-tall, 250-pound Texas nurse married and buried a total of seven very
wealthy husbands. In defense of charges of murder, she stated, “So what? I done the
decent thing. You never heard of me not marrying a man. I don’t shack up.”
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5) This notorious Texas mother was only trying to be the best Mom ever and help her
daughter gain a spot on the cheerleading squad. High school can be tough so to give
her daughter an edge in the competition she hired her brother-in-law to murder the
mother of Amber, her daughter’s strongest competitor, counting on grief to debili-
tate the competition. The plot was unmasked and Amber won the spot.