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The Wild West and Women in the Film
The film is based on the lives of real women who were active in the wild west. These include caffy williams, a woman who disguised herself as a man and served for three years with the us Army. Mary was the first black woman to have her own mail carrying root. And misty would put the mail on her back and walk 90 miles in her snow shoes. The only thing people need to know is that when they're watching the film, as you mentioned, the names are bes and real characters.
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