Since the invention of gunpowder, women have demonstrated an amazing proficiency with firearms. Against tradition, sometimes at the risk of imprisonment, women have disguised themselves as men in order to bear arms to defend their nations. On the frontier, they learned to shoot to survive. Some became famous for their skills, others achieved infamy as outlaws. Throughout history, the fairer sex has been armed and sometimes dangerous. From Annie Oakley to today, TALES OF THE GUN takes a look at the legendary women who have blasted their names in history. Some were frontier figures who had to take up arms to survive. Some bucked tradition and even risked imprisonment, disguising themselves as men to protect their nation. And others have earned notoriety as outlaws.