Ann Kirschner is author of Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp, published this month by HarperCollins. A member of the Jewish Women's Archive Board of Directors and University Dean of Macaulay Honors College of The City University of New York, she is also the author of Sala's Gift.
Josephine Marcus Earp would really hate being on this page. Yes, the woman who lived with famed lawman Wyatt Earp for nearly 50 years was Jewish, and yes, she had plenty of attitude.