# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sarah-a-bowman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:49:12.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sarah-a-bowman"
name: "Sarah A. Bowman"
slug: "sarah-a-bowman"
description: "Sarah A. Bowman, also known as Sarah Borginnis or Sarah Bourdette, was an Irish American innkeeper, restaurateur, and madam. Nicknamed \"The Great Western\", she gained fame, and the title \"Heroine of Fort Brown\", as a camp follower of Zachary Taylor's army during the Mexican–American War. Following the war she operated an inn in Franklin, Texas before settling near Arizona City. Over the course of her life she was married multiple times, often without legal record or the blessing of a priest, and was known at various times by the names Boginnis, Bourdette, Bourget, Bourjette, Borginnis, Davis, Bowman, and possibly Foyle. Following her death she was breveted an honorary colonel and buried with military honors in the Fort Yuma cemetery. Her story became part of American popular culture."
tagline: "American innkeeper, restaurateur, and madam."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Great_Western_as_Landlady.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1810"
deathDate: "1866-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.95
  momentum:             2.073365231259968
  historical:           5.293918666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_A._Bowman"
    title: "Sarah A. Bowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7._%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سارة ا. بومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_A._Bowman"
    title: "Sarah A. Bowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%81_%D8%A7%DB%92_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "سارہ اے بومن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_A._Bowman"
    title: "Sarah A. Bowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Боуман, Сара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7422038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump