Coming from a liberal, mid-western, anti-gun background, Paxton Quigley made an about-face when her best friend was raped. She vowed not to let it happen to her. She bought a gun and became an expert on self-defense. Her first book Armed & Female was a best seller. She became a spokesperson for Smith & Wesson and a firearms instructor.

• graduate of Northwestern University in Communications
• Masters Degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago
• 1968 presidential-campaign staff of Senator Robert Kennedy
• Helped create the National Committee for Handgun Control
• wrote a political science text- book
• wrote a cartoon book on pregnancy for non-English speakers
• director of community relations for Playboy Enterprises
• a close friend was raped at home 10 minutes before police answered her emergency call for help
• 1989 author “Armed & Female.”
• as a firearms instructor, has taught 7,000 women how to shoot a handgun for self-defense
• April 27, 1995 author “Not an Easy Target: Paxton Quigley’s Self-Protection for Women“
• August 30, 2005 author “Stayin’ Alive: Armed and Female in an Unsafe World”
• September 15, 2010 author “Armed &  Female: Taking Control“
• spokesperson for Smith & Wesson
• was Yoko Ono’s  bodyguard
• has appeared on more than 300 TV and radio shows
• hosts a radio show called “Cannabis Healing With Paxton Quigley,”

She trained at

• Executive Security International
• Lethal Force Institute
• Gunsite Academy