Annie Oakley

Annie Leibovitz's Surprising New Show

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Video, Pilgrimage Smithsonian, Susan Sontag, Leibovitz Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, Angelina Jolie, Leibovitz, Abraham Lincoln, Smithsonian, Women Artists, Obama, Emily Dickinson, Annie Oakley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Annie Leibovitz, Arts News

Photographer Annie Leibovitz is known for her captivating photographs of people, mostly celebrities. Her portraits, through spectacle, evoke the essen...

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On the Trail of Annie Oakley in Cambridge, Maryland

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Dormady Eisenberg

On Maryland's quaint eastern shore in the city of Cambridge stands the only surviving residence of American sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

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Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 8, "A Rough Day on the Runway"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, April Johnston, Project Runway, Classic American Sportswear, Camel Toe, Nina Garcia, Big Love, The Crucible, Jacqueline Onassis, Jackie Kennedy, Mallwear, Waterloo, Parsons, Jezebel, Ivy Higa, Nicole Kidman, Andy South, Donna Karan, January Jones, Wizard of Oz, Michael Drummond, Michael Kors, Gretchen Jones, Tim Gunn, Entertainment News, Gossip Girl, Michael Costello, First Tranny, Christopher Collins, Cotton Club, Annie Get Your Gun, Peach Carr, Butterfly McQueen, Lollipop Guild, Jackie O, Laura Bennett, Valerie Mayen, Heidi Klum, Annie Oakley, Mad Men, Reality TV, Gauges of Tim Gunn, Lifetime TV, True Blood, Steampunk, TV Recap, Casanova, Susan Lucci, Mondo Guerra, Cargo Pants, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

This week the show begins with everyone (OK, Ivy and Michael D) tweezing their eyebrows in their pocket hand mirrors. Michael C dishes on Ivy to Andy and honestly, I can no longer feel sorry for him

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American Woman: 15 Trailblazers Vogue Left Off Their List (PHOTOS)

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Georgia O'Keefe, Style News, Dorothy Parker, Zora Neale Hurston, Donna Karan, Vogue, Feminist, Toni Morrison, Lucille Ball, Anna Wintour, Alice Walker, Billie Jean King, Feminism, Met Gala, Lee Miller, Gloria Steinem, American Women, Katie Roiphe, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Katharine Hepburn, Style, Lesley M. M. Blume, Ella Fitzgerald, Brooke Astor, Annie Oakley, American Woman, Diana Vreeland, Carol Burnett, Fashion, Tina Fey, Costume Institute Gala, Slidepollajax, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

At this time of year, for those in the fashion industry, "going to the Met" has nothing to do with spending a lazy day in the galleries, admiring Byza...

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An Audio Book Review: Forget Butch and Sundance, Etta's the Real Star Here

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kid Curry, The Sundance Kid, Teddy Roosevelt, Trotsky, Etta Place, The Wild Bunch, Eleanor Roosevelt, Paul Newman, Gerald Koplan, Annie Oakley, The Hole in the Wall Gang, Buffalo Bill Cody, John Dos Passos, Blackstone Audio, Butch Cassidy, Kirsten Potter, E.L. Doctorow, The Pinkerton Detective Agency, The Harvey Girls, Katherine Ross, Ann Hathaway, The Black Hand, A Novel, Robert Redford, Etta, Media News
Tom Alderman

In this imaginative and fictional biography, Etta Place can shoot a gun as well as Annie Oakley, ride a horse like Buffalo Bill and rob banks with the skill of an experienced outlaw.

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Palin the Frontierswoman?

Victoria Rosner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Commentary, Gender Stereotypes, Women's History, Sarah Palin, Arctic, John McCain, Political Pundits, Mary Jemison, Isabel Gunn, Annie Oakley, Barack Obama, Women in Politics, Susanna Wright, J.R. Dunn, Vice-Presidential Race, 2008 Presidential Race, John Fubbister, Hillary Clinton, Alexander Cockburn, Martha Cannary, Frontierswoman, Politics News
Victoria Rosner

Many see Palin as a frontierswoman-- a throwback to bygone Americans, those women who helped their men win the West (or in this case, the North).

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Sarah Palin's Real Appeal: Annie Oakley is Running for National Office

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alaska, Annie Get Your Gun, John McCain, Teddy Roosevelt, Russnow, Cindy McCain, Joe Biden, Annie Oakley, Gidget, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Ethel Merman, Republican Convention, Michael Russnow, Fred Thompson, Gail Davis, Bull Moose Party, Media News
Michael Russnow

In their attempt to sell newspapers and build ratings, the major media outlets have accentuated Sarah Palin's so-called virtues, and in so doing made her more appealing than the reality of her public and personal life.

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