Article: LEGEND'S SPIRIT ENERGIZES STOCK SHOW NATIONAL WESTERN PERFORMER IS CALAMITY JANE'S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDNIECE.(Local)

Byline: Tillie Fong Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

The spirit of Calamity Jane lives, at least through her great-great-grandniece.

``My whole philosophy is that Calamity Jane was a modern woman born before her time,'' said Norma Cathey, 48, of Laramie. ``The world is still not ready for a woman who would stand her ground.''

Cathey, the great-great-granddaughter of Lena Cannary Borner, Calamity Jane's sister, will play her famous ancestor in the Great American Wild West Show this weekend at the National Western Stock Show.

Calamity Jane, whose real name was Martha Jane Cannary, was a legendary frontierswoman whose name was often ...

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