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	'''Charley Wilson''', born 1834, was a ~~cattle thief~~ in ~~the Wild West~~.		'''Charley Wilson''' (née Catherine Coombes, born 1834) lived as a man for over 40 years.
	:"Charley Wilson, better known as ~~“Little Britches’”~~, born in 1834 in Britain, was a cattle thief from the Indian Nation of ~~OklahomaVery little is known about this historical gunfighter & cattle thief except that~~ he lived as a man for over 40 years till he had to move into a facility for the elderly at age 63, where authorities forced him to dress as a woman. Charley is listed as ~~“one~~ of the most famous female outlaws ever to strap on a six ~~gun”~~ despite his masculine dress and choice of male name."<ref>https://www.pinterest.com/pin/472878029596363797/</ref>
			He worked at various trades, but in 1887 fell on hard times and was obliged to live as a man in a London workhouse.<ref>Jason Cromwell, ''Transmen and FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities'', University of Illinois, 1999, page 78, quoting Thompson, 1974.</ref><ref>Susan Stryker and Stephen Whittle (editors) ''The Transgender Studies Reader'', Routledge, 2013</ref>

			But another source claims that Wilson went to America and became an outlaw:

			:"Charley Wilson, better known as 'Little Britches', born in 1834 in Britain, was a cattle thief from the Indian Nation of Oklahoma. ... he lived as a man for over 40 years till he had to move into a facility for the elderly at age 63, where authorities forced him to dress as a woman. Charley is listed as 'one of the most famous female outlaws ever to strap on a six gun' despite his masculine dress and choice of male name."<ref>https://www.pinterest.com/pin/472878029596363797/. Accessed: 2015-05-02. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6YEDVDV8V)</ref>

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'''Charley Wilson''', born 1834, was a cattle thief in the Wild West.
:"Charley Wilson, better known as “Little Britches’”, born in 1834 in Britain, was a cattle thief from the Indian Nation of OklahomaVery little is known about this historical gunfighter & cattle thief except that he lived as a man for over 40 years till he had to move into a facility for the elderly at age 63, where authorities forced him to dress as a woman. Charley is listed as “one of the most famous female outlaws ever to strap on a six gun” despite his masculine dress and choice of male name."<ref>https://www.pinterest.com/pin/472878029596363797/</ref>

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