Black Betty Johnson

In 1859, Betty Shaw was born to immigrant parents in Lincoln, Nebraska, just before the War Between the States. Conscripted into the army, Betty's Irish born father was sent away to fight the Confederates, and he was kept away until the girl was ten years old. When he returned, having seen what happens to women during the chaos of war, he taught his daughter to shoot, and to defend herself. The girl found she had a knack for handling a pistol and entered contests and put on...
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In 1859, Betty Shaw was born to immigrant parents in Lincoln, Nebraska, just before the War Between the States. Conscripted into the army, Betty's Irish born father was sent away to fight the Confederates, and he was kept away until the girl was ten years old. When he returned, having seen what happens to women during the chaos of war, he taught his daughter to shoot, and to defend herself. The girl found she had a knack for handling a pistol and entered contests and put on demonstrations until she fell in love with a young man named Charlie Johnson, married him, and the two moved off to the city of Cheyenne, in the Wyoming Territory. The love did not last for long, and Betty's husband became violently abusive, until finally pushing his wife to her limit.