The two dominant Western female archetypes that have emerged from popular literature and film – are the innocent and prim townswoman, versus the tawdry saloon whore.  Of course in the real Old West, historical female figures weren’t nearly so simplistic to characterize.  In Red Dead Redemption, you’ll meet a couple of complex and conflicted women such as Bonnie - a smart and strong-willed rancher's daughter known to be more than capable with a gun, and Luisa - a driven young Mexican girl doing what she has to to help her family.

Part two of our True West series of research insights, “Bad Guys Gone Good…and Vice Versa”, documenting just some of the actual stories of the West that inspired the characters of Red Dead Redemption, we examine the fascinating life of a good girl gone bad: Pearl Taylor, better known as the notorious Pearl Hart.

Who was this woman of many faces?  A soiled dove corrupted by her outlaw lovers and their wild lifestyle... a cigar-chomping deadbeat mom robbing on the run for fun… or a proto-feminist icon and early contributor to Cosmo?

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