text: why is annie oakley important? what did she do? report please help me!! here you go ....  "for seventeen years annie oakley was the wild west show's star attraction with her marvelous shooting feats. at 90 feet annie could shoot a dime tossed in midair. in one day with a .22 rifle she shot 4,472 of 5,000 glass balls tossed in midair. with the thin edge of a playing card facing her at 90 feet, annie could hit the card and puncture it with with five or six more shots as it settled to the ground. it was from this that free tickets with holes punched in them came to be called "annie oakleys."   these links will help.  best of luck with your report.