Cannary

I had no idea that photographs of Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Cannary Burke) were readily available on the internet. She wasn't much of a looker:

But apparently worked to support her five younger brothers and sisters as a dance hall girl - and as a hooker!! The wikipedia article on her mentions it completely out of the blue. What?!

She also claimed that Wild Bill Hickok was the father of her child - Jane - though no one seemed to have believed her. Jane Jr. was put up for adoption. As was the other Jane Jr., born fourteen years later. So...she had two daughters, named them both after herself, and gave them both away.

When she died, she was buried next to Wild Bill, apparently because four of his friends planned her funeral and thought it would be hilarious to stick him with her for all eternity. He apparently couldn't stand her in real life.