# National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame

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- [News](https://thecowgirl.org/news/): Read the latest news and press releases from the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame — inductees, exhibitions, partnerships, and expansion updates.
- [Induction Luncheon and Expansion Travel](https://thecowgirl.org/news/induction-luncheon-and-expansion-travel/): We look forward to welcoming you to Fort Worth for a special celebration of The Cowgirl, including the Induction Luncheon and an opportunity to experience the Museum’s exciting new expansion. The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural District. The Museum’s 16,000-square-foot expansion adds a new entrance facing Dickies
- [Sixth Annual Desert Rose Luncheon Raises Approximately $300,000 for The Cowgirl](https://thecowgirl.org/news/sixth-annual-desert-rose-luncheon-raises-approximately-300000-for-the-cowgirl/): More than 350 guests turned up the volume at River Crest Country Club for a sold-out Rock n’ Roll celebration benefiting the Museum’s education programs The sixth annual Desert Rose Luncheon raised approximately $300,000—and counting—for the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame, bringing more than 350 guests together at River Crest Country Club on
- [Devereaux Gold Named Official Partner of The Cowgirl’s 50th Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon](https://thecowgirl.org/news/devereaux-gold-named-official-partner-of-the-cowgirls-50th-hall-of-fame-induction-luncheon/): Exclusive 14-karat gold and pink sapphire Cowgirl hat pin created as a special gift for 2026 Hall of Fame inductees FORT WORTH, Texas — The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame is pleased to announce Devereaux Gold as an official partner of the Museum’s 50th Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon, taking place Thursday, November 5, at Dickies
- [2026 National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Inductees](https://thecowgirl.org/news/2026-national-cowgirl-hall-of-fame-inductees/): Celebrating a Legacy of Cowgirl Excellence As the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame celebrates its 50th induction class, these six women join an esteemed roster of trailblazers whose accomplishments have shaped the history and culture of the American West. Their achievements reflect the enduring values of grit, determination, leadership, and innovation that continue to inspire
- [Thank You Legacy Members](https://thecowgirl.org/news/thank-you-legacy-members/): To our 2026 Legacy Members, thank you for making an extraordinary investment in the mission of the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame. Your support honors the courage, resilience and independence of the women who have shaped the West—and ensures their stories continue to inspire generations to come. By becoming a Legacy Member during
- [The Cowgirl Reopens Second Floor Immersive Experiences](https://thecowgirl.org/news/the-cowgirl-reopens-second-floor-immersive-experiences/): The Cowgirl has announced the partial re-opening of its second floor, including its two very popular immersive galleries: the Western Design Room and the Bucking Bronc Room. These dynamic spaces are museum favorites, designed to elevate the visitor experience through storytelling, design, and interactive technology. The Western Design Room highlights the artistry and influence of Western style. Anchoring the experience is a
- [The Cowgirl Welcomes Drew Isom](https://thecowgirl.org/news/the-cowgirl-welcomes-drew-isom/): The Cowgirl is pleased to announce Drew Isom as its new Guest Relations Manager, bringing extensive experience in hospitality, events, donor engagement, and guest experience to the role. A proud, born-and-raised Texan, Isom earned a Bachelor of Science in Communication with an emphasis in Public Relations and Event Management from Tarleton State University. Throughout his career, he
- [Charra Grants and Scholarship Available](https://thecowgirl.org/news/charra-grants-and-scholarship-available/): The Cowgirl is now accepting applications for its 2027 Charra Grant and Soldaderas to Amazonas Collegiate Scholarship, continuing the Museum’s commitment to recognizing and supporting escaramuzas across the United States. Together, the programs will provide $15,000 in financial support to active escaramuza teams and individual riders pursuing higher education. The Cowgirl will award five $2,000 grants to active U.S.
- [The Cliburn partners with The Cowgirl for family concert series](https://thecowgirl.org/news/the-cliburn-partners-with-the-cowgirl-for-family-concert-series/): The Cliburn, home to one of the world's premier international piano competitions, has partnered with the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame (The Cowgirl) for its upcoming Cliburn Family Concerts season—a series of interactive, family-friendly performances that inspire wonder, creativity, and discovery through music. As part of this year's lineup, The Cowgirl will host The
- [Take the Reins: Volunteer](https://thecowgirl.org/news/take-the-reins-volunteer/): The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame is inviting community members to “Take the Reins” as it officially opens applications for its revitalized Cowgirl Volunteer Program. As the Museum prepares for its highly anticipated expansion and grand opening this fall, volunteers will play an important role in helping shape the next chapter of the nation’s only
- [Monumental Bas Relief at The National Cowgirl Museum Brings History, Motion, and Muscle to Life](https://thecowgirl.org/news/monumental-bas-relief-at-the-national-cowgirl-museum-brings-history-motion-and-muscle-to-life/): Towering above visitors at the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame is one of Fort Worth’s most striking artistic achievements: a monumental bas relief adorning the museum’s precipice, featuring 70 powerful horses frozen in motion. More than architectural detail, the relief tells a story of innovation, strength, and the enduring ethos of the West
- [Put The Cowgirl On The Road with Your Vote](https://thecowgirl.org/news/put-the-cowgirl-on-the-road-with-your-vote/): ????✨ Help The Cowgirl Ride Onto Texas Roads! ✨???? The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame is working to launch official Texas specialty license plates featuring Cowgirl branding, and we need your voice to make it happen! There are three beautiful plate designs to choose from, and we want YOU to help choose the winner. By taking our quick survey, you can:⭐ Vote
- [Hall of Fame Honoree Karen Vold Passes Away](https://thecowgirl.org/news/hall-of-fame-honoree-karen-vold-passes-away/): 1978 National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Honoree Karen Vold passed away Monday, Jan. 12 at her family's ranch in Fowler, Colo. She was 86. "Mom passed away peacefully on the ranch," said her daughter Kirsten in a post. "We are grateful for the 86 years we had her on this Earth and are planning her
- [The Cowgirl Celebrates Topping Off for Expansion](https://thecowgirl.org/news/the-cowgirl-celebrates-topping-off-for-expansion/): The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame reached a major milestone in its ongoing expansion on Monday, September 22, with a traditional “topping off” ceremony. Leaders, supporters, and community members gathered to celebrate the placement of the final beam, marking a symbolic step forward in the Museum’s growth and its mission to honor and
- [National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame Announces Major 16,000-Square-Foot Expansion](https://thecowgirl.org/news/national-cowgirl-museum-hall-of-fame-announces-major-16000-square-foot-expansion/): Fort Worth, TX — June 2025— The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame is proud to announce a significant 16,000-square-foot expansion that will further enhance the Museum’s mission to honor and celebrate women of the West who have displayed extraordinary courage and pioneering fortitude. A grand opening is slated for November 2026. Located in
- [China Poblana Dresses Take Center Stage In Escaramuza Exhibition at The Cowgirl](https://thecowgirl.org/news/china-poblana-dresses-take-center-stage-in-escaramuza-exhibition-at-the-cowgirl/): Visitors to the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame will find a refreshed installation highlighting the china poblana dress—a stunning and culturally significant garment worn by escaramuzas serving as state and national ambassadors, or reinas, of charrería, Mexico’s national sport. These beautifully hand-crafted dresses celebrate not only the artistry and symbolism behind these exquisite garments, but also the powerful
- [Escaramuza Charra Exhibit to take Center Stage at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame](https://thecowgirl.org/news/escaramuza-charra-exhibit-to-take-center-stage-at-the-national-cowgirl-museum-and-hall-of-fame/): Soldaderas to Amazonas: Escaramuzas Charras exhibit to open March 22 FORT WORTH, TEXAS (March 5, 2023) - The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame (NCM) is spotlighting the beauty and skill of the Escaramuza Charra as it launches its new exhibit, Soldaderas to Amazonas: Escaramuzas Charras, in March at the internationally recognized museum. “The Cowgirl Museum

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- [Home](https://thecowgirl.org/): Discover the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame in Fort Worth. Explore exhibitions, Hall of Fame honorees, and the women who shaped the American West.
- [Cowgirl Beyond Podcast](https://thecowgirl.org/cowgirl-beyond-podcast/): Latest Episodes Carole Jackson-Holyan Carole Jackson-Holyan is a proud citizen of the Navajo Nation, rodeo champion, entrepreneur, and cultural advocate. Carole’s story is one of breaking barriers—from becoming the youngest INFR world champion in barrel racing at just 11 years old, to serving as the first and only woman commissioner and vice president of the
- [Careers](https://thecowgirl.org/careers/): The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As such, the museum pledges to provided equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual preference, national origin, disability or status as a veteran.
- [Memberships](https://thecowgirl.org/memberships/): Join the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame for unlimited admission, member-only events, and a Cowgirl Magazine subscription.
- [Nominate a Cowgirl](https://thecowgirl.org/nominate-a-cowgirl/): Nomination Form Read all the instructions on the nomination form, as it will be returned if submitted incorrectly. DO NOT mail materials unless requested to do so. If you have questions regarding the form, please contact the Research Director at the National Cowgirl Museum at bdodson@cowgirl.net. Note that Museum personnel are prohibited from discussing the status
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- [About -- Copy](https://thecowgirl.org/about-copy/): Our Corporate Partners Our partners play a pivotal role in preserving the history of awe-inspiring women, supporting community and western lifestyle engagement, while also promoting women’s leadership and innovation. In return, they enjoy a variety of benefits, including brand visibility, exclusive event access, and alignment with a respected cultural institution deeply rooted in the western
- [Museum Expansion](https://thecowgirl.org/about/museum-expansion/): Since opening its doors to its current location in 2002, the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame in Fort Worth has stood as the only museum in the world dedicated to honoring the lives and legacies of women who shape the West and exemplify unwavering fortitude. Ranchers, rodeo champions, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, educators, and
- [Exhibitions](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/): See what's on view at the National Cowgirl Museum, from Soldaderas to Amazonas: Escaramuzas Charras to permanent galleries honoring the West.
- [About](https://thecowgirl.org/about/): Learn the mission, history, and expansion story of the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame, the only museum honoring the women who shaped the West.
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- [Learn](https://thecowgirl.org/learn/): Explore field trips, outreach programs, the Learning Library, and the Cowgirl Beyond podcast — educational resources for all ages at the Cowgirl Museum.
- [Thank You for Your Membership!](https://thecowgirl.org/memberships/thank-you-for-your-membership/): To make the most of your membership, visit our Plan Your Visit page for the latest hours, exhibitions, programs, and special events. Looking for a more hands-on way to get involved? Explore our Volunteer Program to discover how you can help shape the next chapter of The Cowgirl while connecting with fellow members who share your passion. Most importantly,
- [Traveling Exhibits](https://thecowgirl.org/traveling-exhibits/): The Museum’s traveling exhibitions draw from the Museum’s permanent collection. Each exhibition includes supplemental educational and media materials. For more information on bringing one of these unique exhibitions to your institution, please email akowalski@cowgirl.net. Escaramuza, The Poetics of Home Features 42 works in various sizes of the most recent photographic study of award-winning photographer Constance Jaeggi.
- [Ways to Give](https://thecowgirl.org/ways-to-give/): Other Giving Options
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- [Traveling Trunk](https://thecowgirl.org/traveling-trunk/): What's Included The trunk contains objects, a teacher resource guide, lesson plans, literacy tips, and a curated collection of books written for a variety of reading levels. The trunk can be checked out for a two-week period on a first-come, first-served basis with a completed request form and $25 refundable deposit. Request A Trunk
- [Mission, Vision, & History](https://thecowgirl.org/mission-vision-history/): Our Mission The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame exists to honor and celebrate the women of the West—past and present—who have demonstrated extraordinary courage, resilience, and independence. Through education, storytelling, and preservation, the Museum brings to life the diverse experiences of cowgirls, ranchers, artists, activists, and pioneers whose contributions shape Western heritage and
- [Press & Media](https://thecowgirl.org/press-media/): Media Contact Julie BryantAssociate Executive DirectorMarketing, Communications and Membership National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame1720 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 Direct: 817.509.8664Main: 817.336.4475
- [Awards](https://thecowgirl.org/awards/): Gloria Lupton Tennison Pioneer Award Established in honor of the local philanthropist, Gloria Lupton Tennison, this award distinguishes those who have pioneered new approaches to public service in the areas of business, law, sports, the arts, or humanitarian causes. It recognizes the difficulty in creating new avenues of service, while applauding the determination and trailblazing
- [Library & Archives](https://thecowgirl.org/library-archives/): Library Access Access to the archive and specific materials within is granted at staff discretion. Certain materials cannot be reproduced without certifiable permission of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Hours are Monday-Friday, from 10 am to 3 pm. For more information contact the Director of Research & Education, Bethany Dodson by email
- [Fort Worth Cultural District](https://thecowgirl.org/fort-worth-cultural-district/): The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame is a central piece of the Fort Worth Cultural District—both geographically and thematically—and it helps define the district’s unique blend of Western heritage and world-class arts. Meet Our Neighbors in the Cultural District The district is often defined by five flagship institutions (including the Cowgirl Museum): Kimbell Art Museum –
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- [Alice Walton Cowgirl Park](https://thecowgirl.org/alice-walton-cowgirl-park/): Alice Walton Cowgirl Park, established in 2019, was created from both necessity and passion. The vision was to design a beautiful, welcoming space for visitors to the area and nearby Dickies Arena. Bringing that vision to life was a dedicated group of friends who united to fund the project and honor a remarkable woman —
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## Events

- [Expansion Grand Opening](https://thecowgirl.org/event/expansion-grand-opening/): Get ready for a landmark celebration at The Cowgirl! The festivities begin with an exclusive Members-Only Preview at 10 a.m., followed by the Grand Cowgirl Parade at 11 a.m., bringing the Cultural District to life with horses, Western groups, floats and more. At noon, the expansion officially opens to the public, inviting guests to discover
- [5th Annual Trick or Trot](https://thecowgirl.org/event/5th-annual-trick-or-trot/): Saturday, October 10, 2026 11 am to 2 pm Trick or Trot is Back! Join us for the 5th Annual Trick or Trot on Saturday, October 10, 2026, from 11 am – 2 pm in the Cowgirl Plaza at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. This FREE, family-friendly event is open to the
- [50th Annual Induction Luncheon & Ceremony](https://thecowgirl.org/event/50th-annual-induction-luncheon-ceremony/): Celebrating a Legacy of Cowgirl Excellence As the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame celebrates its 50th induction class, these six women join an esteemed roster of trailblazers whose accomplishments shape the history and culture of the West. Their achievements reflect the enduring values of grit, determination, leadership, and innovation that continue to inspire future generations.
- [Desert Rose Luncheon](https://thecowgirl.org/event/desert-rose-luncheon/): The Desert Rose Luncheon is where rhinestones meet rock legends and the Wild West collides with pure rock-and-roll rebellion.
- [Cowgirl Christmas: Holiday Festival for the Whole Family](https://thecowgirl.org/event/cowgirl-christmas-holiday-festival-for-the-whole-family/): Save the Date for the 5th Annual Cowgirl Christmas! Saturday, December 5, 2026 | 10 AM–5 PM National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Get ready to kick up your boots and celebrate the season Cowgirl-style! Enjoy a day full of holiday cheer, local shopping, and family fun—all with FREE Museum admission! Highlights Include: Vendor Shopping – Find
- [Cowgirl Fall Roundup](https://thecowgirl.org/event/cowgirl-fall-roundup/): Adventures in the Saddle and Along the River There’s a little cowgirl in all of us, whether we live in Montana or on Madison Avenue. That’s why we love celebrating the horsewomen among us, the ones who take the reins, push boundaries, and inspire us with their can-do attitudes and awesome determination. We’ve been rounding

## Exhibitions

- [Tough by Nature: Portraits of Cowgirls and Ranch Women of the American West](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/tough-by-nature-portraits-of-cowgirls-and-ranch-women-of-the-american-west/): You might also enjoy
- [Gallery Stair: Collection of Hermès Scarves](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/collection-of-hermes-scarves-a-longer-title/): You might also enjoy
- [SOLDADERAS TO AMAZONAS: 
Escaramuzas Charras](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/soldaderas-to-amazonas-escaramuzas-charras/): You might also enjoy
- [Hitting the Mark: Cowgirls and Wild West Shows Gallery](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/hitting-the-mark-cowgirls-and-wild-west-shows-gallery/): You might also enjoy
- [Twelve Mighty Orphans – Behind the Scenes: Laura Wilson](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/twelve-mighty-orphans-laura-wilson/): You might also enjoy
- [GRA Artifacts & WPRA Competitors](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/gra-artifacts-wpra-competitors/): You might also enjoy
- [Laura Wilson: Looking West](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/looking-west-laura-wilson/): You might also enjoy
- [The Devils – Constance Jaeggi](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/the-devils-constance-jaeggi/): You might also enjoy
- [Dare to Wear](https://thecowgirl.org/exhibitions/dare-to-wear/): You might also enjoy

## Honorees

- [Wanda Harper Bush](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/wanda-harper-bush/): The 150-year-old Harper Ranch was home for Wanda Harper Bush. There, like her ancestors, she raised livestock and trained horses. Instrumental in the organization of the GRA, Bush was one of its most awarded champions, winning 33 World Championships, including three All-Around titles. After curtailing her rodeo activities, Bush turned to raising horses and established
- [Jacqueline Smith McEntire](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jacqueline-smith-mcentire/): Jacqueline Smith McEntire’s first brush with fame came at an early age, when she often led her fellow classmates and teachers in The Star Spangled Banner during school assemblies. Her parents didn’t have the extra funds for her to pursue a singing career, so she earned her teaching certificate from the state of Oklahoma and
- [Margaret Owens](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/margaret-owens/): Margaret Owens helped found the GRA and served as the organization’s first president. She lived on a ranch her entire life and was an excellent horsewoman who rode in rodeos at a time when there were no events for women. Often she would compete in match roping events after a show. A champion roper, she
- [Anna Lee Aldred](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/anna-lee-aldred/): The daughter of a racehorse trainer, Anna Lee (Mills) Aldred began riding at three years old and racing ponies at six. By twelve, she rode flat and relay races. At age eighteen, at the Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, officials tried to deny her from receiving a license and racing the track. However,
- [Terri Kelly Moyers](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/terri-kelly-moyers/): Terri Kelly Moyers grew up with the innate desire to be an artist. As a child in Calgary, Alberta, she was always drawing and experimenting with art subjects, specifically depictions of horses. Her work has been displayed at the Forbes Building in New York and at the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and is
- [Jean Shepherd Cates](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jean-cates/): Tasty traditions have always been served up in Jean Cates and Sue Cunningham’s family. Born in Turkey, Texas, the sisters learned what it meant to be real cowboy cooks thanks to their father. They began the C-Bar-C Chuckwagon and made history in 1992 when they walked away with the winnings at the Western Heritage Classic
- [Prairie Rose Henderson](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/prairie-rose-henderson/): Prairie Rose Henderson made a name for herself during the golden age of rodeo as a champion bronc rider. She became a fierce relay racer, dazzling the crowds not only with her daring feats in the arena but also with her fashion sense and flair for beautiful and inventive performance costumes.
- [Nellie Cashman](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/nellie-cashman/): Nellie Cashman, an Irish-born pioneer, secured her place in American history as one of the few female business owners in the arduous American West. Cashman owned and operated boarding houses and restaurants throughout her life from Alaska to Arizona. Miners had restful quarters and good meals thanks to her kindness and generosity. A devoted philanthropist,
- [Cynthia Ann Parker](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/cynthia-ann-parker/): Cynthia Ann Parker was captured when she was nine years old during a Comanche raid on Fort Parker in 1836, and grew up as an adopted Comanche, eventually marrying a war leader. Twenty four years later, she was “rescued,” but could not readjust to life within white culture. While with the Comanche, Parker had three
- [Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, M.D.](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dr-mary-edwards-walker/): A pioneering physician, women’s rights advocate, and Civil War surgeon, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker of Oswego, New York, remains one of the most remarkable figures in American history. Serving as a contract surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War, she often crossed battle lines horseback to treat wounded soldiers and civilians and was captured as
- [Florence Youree](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/florence-youree/): Early in her career, Florence Youree competed in barrel races with no set pattern and sometimes ran around old water heaters. She dedicated herself to promoting the sport and bringing it from a seldom featured novelty event to standardized competition. Youree also led the GRA from a fledgling organization to one of national prominence. With
- [Maria Martinez](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/maria-martinez/): Maria Martinez, the most famous of Pueblo Indian potters, revived the ancient Pueblo craft of pottery making after discovering the process of crafting San Ildefonso prehistoric pottery. Using the knowledge of pottery making she learned as a child, Martinez reintroduced the world to the highly polished black vessels. Her ceramics quickly became valued artworks and
- [Patsy Montana](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/patsy-montana/): Patsy Montana was the first woman to sell a million records with “I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart.” The eleventh child and first daughter of an Arkansas farmer, Montana learned to yodel and play the organ, guitar and violin. Beginning her career in radio in California, she worked rodeos and country programs with the
- [Mary Ingalls](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-ingalls/): Eldest of the Ingalls children, Mary Ingalls dreamed of becoming a school teacher until she was stricken with scarlet fever and lost her sight. She instead attended the Iowa State College for the Blind, graduating with high marks. Returning home, she lived with her mother and wove colorful “fly nets” for horses. She was a
- [Margaret "Peg" Coe](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/margaret-peg-coe/): As chair of the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association Board, Margaret "Peg" Coe engineered and guided the completion the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. She began a lifelong relationship with the Buffalo Bill Museum as a volunteer when her mother was secretary of the association and her father was editor of a weekly newspaper.
- [Annie Oakley](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/annie-oakley/): Annie Oakley (Phoebe Ann Mosey Butler) became an international legend in her own lifetime based on her shooting skills. Born into poverty in Ohio, Oakley taught herself to shoot to help feed her family. A shooting contest against future husband Frank Butler put her on the road to stardom. In 1885 she joined the Buffalo
- [Caroline Quiner Ingalls](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/caroline-quiner-ingalls/): Matriarch of the Ingalls family, Caroline Quiner Ingalls was an educated and cultured woman despite being born and raised on the frontier. Quiet and gentle, she had five children and was known for her kindness and concern for others. She moved to Kansas with her husband, and then to Minnesota, where she lost her only
- [Elizabeth "Lizzie Johnson" Williams](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/elizabeth-lizzie-johnson-williams/): Ranched near Austin, was a pioneer in breaking the barrier into what had always been considered a man’s world: cattle trading. Legend has it that Elizabeth "Lizzie Johnson" Williams was one of the first women to drive her own cattle, along with her husband’s, up the Chisholm Trail, earning her the nickname, “The Cattle Queen
- [Barbara Van Cleve](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/barbara-van-cleve/): Barbara Van Cleve’s photographs of the ranching West realistically portray ranch life in the modern West. Raised on the family’s Montana ranch, she learned ranch life as a participant, with photography as an avocation. Van Cleve taught English Literature and Photography at DePaul University in Chicago, becoming the youngest Dean of Women in the U.S.
- [Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/laura-ingalls-wilder/): Best known for her Little House books, Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in a log cabin in Wisconsin and saw the frontier as her family traveled west as pioneer settlers. It is on these experiences that Wilder based her books. She captured the successive phases of the American frontier by preserving her own memories of
- [Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Jr.](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mollie-taylor-stevenson-jr-copy/): Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Jr. grew up on the family ranch, Taylor Stevenson in Houston, Texas, attended Texas Southern University, and worked as a professional model before returning to the ranch to preserve her family’s legacy. She founded the American Cowboy Museum, which is dedicated to the preservation and understanding of Western multicultural heritage and is
- [Pat North Ommert](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/pat-north-ommert/): A skilled trick rider, Roman rider and jumper, and jockey, Ommert toured the world with Wild West shows. She acted as a stunt double in Hollywood movies such as the 1954 picture, A Star is Born, and landed contracts for performances at Madison Square Garden and Boston Garden. After she retired from trick riding, Ommert
- [Veryl Goodnight](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/veryl-goodnight/): Veryl Goodnight has dedicated her life to exploring the relationships of pioneer women to wildlife and the West through bronze sculptures and oil paintings. As a wildlife rehabilitator, Goodnight has always been close to the natural world. As an artist she has utilized that knowledge to bring authenticity to her work on over 200 sculptures
- [Beverly Sparrowk](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/beverly-sparrowk/): Beverly Sparrowk, a champion barrel racer during the 1960s, became a leading cattle rancher and conservationist. She was director of the Girl’s Rodeo Association in 1972 and the first female president of the Foundation Beefmaster Association. She won the Chuck Yeager Award from the National Fish and Wildlife Association and continues to be recognized as
- [Sheila Kirkpatrick](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sheila-kirkpatrick/): Sheila Kirkpatrick makes custom cowboy hats the same way hatters did a century ago. Using antique tools and methods, she hand-shapes each hat. Growing up as the daughter of a rodeo announcer, Kirkpatrick grew up around rodeo arenas and cowboy hats. With her accumulated knowledge and an interest in hats that goes back to her
- [Wilma Mankiller](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/wilma-mankiller/): Wilma Mankiller became the first female principal chief in the history of the Cherokee people. Born in Oklahoma, her family moved to California as part of the BIA Relocation Program. Returning to Oklahoma, Mankiller worked to educate and empower the Cherokee Nation and, through community development, to preserve its heritage. She led the Nation to
- [Connie Griffith](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/connie-griffith/): “Do it with style and a smile” was the motto of Connie Griffith, one of the world’s greatest female trick riders. As a child she rode her horses Toby and Nix nearly every day, later joining a horse club and competing in rodeos. Griffith was selected as the Nebraska High School Rodeo Queen and honored
- [Ann Secrest Hanson](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ann-secrest-hanson/): Ann Secrest Hanson lived a life of quiet dedication, devoted to every facet of ranching and rodeo. After growing up on a ranch in eastern Montana, Hanson settled down to ranch with her husband. Raising cattle, sheep, quarter horses, draft horses and bucking horses, their ranch and family grew. She and her husband began to
- [Vaughn Krieg Huskey](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/vaughn-krieg-huskey/): Vaughn Krieg Huskey started her rodeo career in 1926 as a trick rider to fill in for her sister, Gene. She became one of the top bronc riders and one of the first women to bulldog a steer from a moving car. In the 1930s, Huskey was one of the few women producers in rodeo,
- [Mary "May" Emma Manning Lillie](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-may-emma-manning-lillie/): Mary "May" Emma Manning Lillie was considered to possess an untamed will, and married the famous Wild West showman and performer, Pawnee Bill, in 1886 who was nine years her senior. For her wedding gift she received a pony and a Marlin .22 target rifle. In 1888, they launched Pawnee Bill’s Historic Wild West show
- [Mary Jo Milner](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-jo-milner/): “Daddy taught me to respect and work with a horse,” recalls Mary Jo Milner. At ten, Milner was very active in the local 4-H Club and raised steers to show and sell. A natural at cutting from the beginning, Milner’s horses won every title they entered that year in North Texas Cutting Horse Association events.
- [Frances Rosenthal Kallison](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/frances-rosenthal-kallison/): Frances Rosenthal Kallison was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but spent most of her adult life in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband at their Diamond K Ranch and general store. The Diamond K Ranch was known for their award-winning Polled Hereford cattle as well as hosting Wild West barbecues through the USO for soldiers.
- [Cathy A. Smith](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/cathy-a-smith/): Cathy A. Smith is an artist dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century cowboy/girl and the Plains Indians. Her expansive knowledge is expressed through painting, bead and quillwork, motion picture costume design, and historical consultation. Her work in the epic Western film starring Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves, set the standard for authenticity
- [Rebecca Tyler Lockhart](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/rebecca-tyler-lockhart/): Rebecca Tyler Lockhart learned about horses from the cowboys she grew up around. Often called a “natural-born horseperson,” she spent more time with horses than at school. Lockhart gained an excellent reputation as a breeder of fine horses. Founder of the American Paint Stock Horse Association, precursor to the American Paint Horse Association, she began
- [Polly Burson](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/polly-burson/): One of the premier stuntwomen in Hollywood history, Polly Burson was born the daughter of Oregon ranchers and rodeo riders, beginning trick riding at fourteen and relay racing at eighteen. She decided to try her hand at stunt work in the movie industry, and worked on a variety of films, including The Perils of Pauline,
- [Martha Josey](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/martha-josey/): Recognized as a leading barrel racing authority, Martha Josey has dedicated herself to improving the equine industry and the sport of barrel racing. As a young girl with a natural athletic ability and a love for horses, Josey found a niche competing in rodeo events. After years of winning, she began to teach others horsemanship
- [Bobby Brooks Kramer](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/bobby-brooks-kramer/): For six decades, Bobby Brooks Kramer has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to the horse industry in Montana. Riding since she was three, Kramer has carried on the ranching traditions of her parents and grandparents. She and her husband formed the Hanging Diamond A Horse Ranch after both pursued notable rodeo careers. Kramer produced
- [Kay Whittaker Young](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kay-whittaker-young/): Kay Whittaker Young has been riding her entire life; she began competing at the professional level at age twelve. A member of several organizations, Young has sat on the board of Barrel Futurities of America since its inception. Additionally, Young served as vice president and president of the GRA/WPRA. As president she promoted barrel racing
- [Marie Gibson](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/marie-gibson/): In 1917, Marie Gibson entered her first rodeo competition at the Great Northern Montana Stampede; there she met her future husband, Tom Gibson, a Canadian bronc rider. Gibson competed in rodeos from 1917 to 1933, participating all over Canada and in every major rodeo in the United States. In 1924, she won first place in
- [Grace Ingalls Dow](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/grace-ingalls-dow/): The youngest of the Ingalls children, Grace Ingalls Dow went to school in De Smet. She eventually married a local farmer, Nathan Dow. With her husband’s health failing, he and Dow rented out the farm and toured the Pacific Coast. Returning to De Smet, Dow wrote neighborhood items for the newspaper and cared for her
- [Sherri Mell](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sherri-mell/): Sherri Mell began competing in junior rodeos at age four and never tired of the challenges and thrills of the arena. At thirteen she won her first saddle, and over the next thirty plus years she claimed wins in a number of rodeo events. While many cowgirls specialize in just one or two key rodeo
- [Mary Ann "Molly" Goodnight](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-ann-molly-goodnight/): Wife of cattleman Charles Goodnight, Molly Goodnight drove supply wagons and took charge of ranch operations when her husband was absent. Affectionately called “The Little Mother of the Plains,” she cared for the cowhands and Indians who came to the ranch as a way to combat the loneliness of being the only woman in the
- [Joyce Gibson Roach](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/joyce-gibson-roach/): With roots in Jacksboro, Texas, Joyce Gibson Roach was an author and lecturer of the Southwest. She published countless articles and short stories and authored the foundational text The Cowgirls, which was published in 1990. Roach received three Western Writers of America Spur Awards for both fiction and non-fiction. She was a columnist for the
- [Mattie Goff Newcombe](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mattie-goff-newcombe/): Mattie Goff Newcombe was a pioneer in the sport of rodeo, raising the status of performers through her own rodeo contracts. She was a daring trick rider known for her speed and for never losing her hat. As a bronc rider Newcombe was never thrown and as a relay rider she was never outrun. She
- [Diane Scalese](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/diane-scalese/): Diane Scalese, through her talent as an engraver, has elevated the traditional trappings necessary in any cowgirl or cowboy’s life into functional works of art. Working in steel, silver, gold, brass, and platinum, her spurs, bridle bits, buckles, conchas, and firearms shine under her Western bright cut engraving. Raised on her family’s grain and sugar
- [Cindy Walker](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/cindy-walker/): Called the greatest female country composer in history, Cindy Walker wrote her first song when she was twelve. She is the only songwriter to have made the Top Ten Hits in five successive decades. Walker wrote more than 500 classic songs and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. A recording artist in
- [Flores LaDue](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/flores-ladue/): The only cowgirl to claim three world championships for trick and fancy roping, Flores LaDue remained undefeated in the event. Growing up on a Sioux reservation, she began her career with a Wild West show and there met her husband, Guy Weadick. Together they organized and produced the first Calgary Stampede while operating a dude
- [Ruth Roach Salmon](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ruth-roach-salmon/): Ruth Roach Salmon ran away from home to join the 101 Ranch Wild West Show as a trick rider. Her contest debut was at the 1917 Fort Worth Roundup, America’s first indoor rodeo, as a bronc rider. Dubbed the “soft-spoken, rough-riding golden girl of the West,” she wore trademark giant hair bows and boots hand-tooled
- [Hallie Stillwell](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/hallie-stillwell/): Born in 1897, Hallie Stillwell lived the pioneer life. Adopting the cowboy’s pants, shirt and jacket, she ranched beside her husband while maintaining a dignity and femininity that earned her recognition as “Queen of the Big Bend.” Stillwell later wrote of her experiences, served as a justice of the peace, and opened a museum to
- [Jerry Ann Portwood Taylor](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jerry-ann-portwood-taylor/): A rider from early on, Jerry Ann Portwood Taylor’s skill on a horse carried her far from her hometown of Seymour, Texas. Her trick riding and roping landed her jobs as a Pangburn Candy Girl, work with Tex Ritter in England and performances with Gene Autry’s rodeo. Known for her flamboyant style of riding and
- [Margaret McGinley Dickens](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/margaret-mcginley-dickens/): Margaret McGinley Dickens has dedicated her life to helping others, pioneering the use of horses to facilitate healing – both emotional and physical – in children and adults alike. As a young girl, she felt fascination, even a spiritual connection to horses. She attended college to study physical education specifically to teach horseback riding. She
- [Sunny Hale](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sunny-hale/): The highest ranked woman polo player in the United States, Sunny Hale pursued a career in “the sport of kings” which was and still is greatly dominated by men. Hale began competing at age four, entered her first polo tournament at ten, was teaching polo at twelve, and was first hired as a professional player
- [Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Sr.](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mollie-taylor-stevenson-sr/): Growing up on the family’s 150-year-old ranch, Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Sr. learned every ranching task from working on windmills to branding cattle. After graduating from Fisk University, Stevenson Sr. returned to the ranch to preserve her birthright. During the years of segregation, Stevenson Sr. opened the ranch as a haven for black children who were
- [Wilma Powell](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/wilma-powell/): Wilma Powell came from a long line of ranchers. Carrying on her family’s ranching tradition, Powell was active in community development and the preservation of Western heritage in the Texas Panhandle and northern New Mexico. Powell supported educating future ranchers in FFA and 4-H clubs and was a living example of a lifestyle that has
- [Marie Keen Gress](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/marie-keen-gress/): For more than sixteen years during the 1930s and 1940s, Marie Keen Gress crisscrossed the country as a trick rider, steer wrestler, bronc rider and performer in rodeos, circuses and Wild West shows. She began her career as a trick rider with the 101 Ranch Show at fifteen. An innovative rider, she soon became a
- [Tillie Baldwin](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/tillie-baldwin/): Tillie Baldwin was an all-around athlete when she immigrated to America from Norway and, inspired by a cowgirl movie filming, learned trick riding. She soon worked for Captain Baldwin’s Wild West Show, later joining Will Rogers’ vaudeville troupe and then the 101 Ranch. She began to rodeo in 1912 and excelled at all events. Baldwin
- [Kalyn Brooks](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kalyn-brooks/): Known as the “Miracle Barrel Racer,” Kalyn Brooks overcame all the barriers posed by her physical limitations, living an accomplished life in and outside of the rodeo arena. She was born with numerous birth defects: abnormalities of the hands and legs, profound deafness and growth hormone deficiency. However, Brooks' drive to win kept her going.
- [Georgia O'Keeffe](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/georgia-okeeffe/): Born in rural Wisconsin, Georgia O'Keeffe worked as a commercial artist and an art teacher as she developed a personal style of stripping her subjects to their purest forms and colors. Reaching the status of a national treasure, she was famous for the expressive power of light and the patterns of nature in her close-up
- [Eleanor Green, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dr-eleanor-green-dvm-dacvim-dabvp/): Eleanor M. Green, Professor Emerita & Dean Emerita of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University. Recently named Founding Dean of the Lyon College School of Veterinary Medicine, she also serves as Senior Advisor/Consultant for Animal Policy Group, Co-Founder and Vice President of Iron Horse Consulting & Iron Horse Farm, LLC, and Chief Medical Officer for
- [Fern Sawyer](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/fern-sawyer/): An all-around champion cowgirl, Fern Sawyer was raised on a ranch where her father insisted she perform as well as the men if she was to help with the ranch work. Sawyer applied this same philosophy to her rodeo career, competing in men’s events in rodeos because she found women’s events too infrequent and uninspiring.
- [Suzanne Norton Jones](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/suzanne-norton-jones/): Suzanne Norton Jones was one of the most influential trainers, breeders, and judges in the equestrian world. The daughter of an army cavalryman, she began showing horses at four. Her career saw her win virtually every major horse show in North America and become one of the top quarter horse breeders. Jones acquired judging cards
- [Patsy Cline](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/patsy-cline/): The first woman inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Patsy Cline had a voice and singing style that remains an influence on the realm of music. Inspired to learn to sing and dance by a Shirley Temple movie, Cline made her radio debut at ten and received national attention when she appeared on
- [Bebe Mills Clements](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/bebe-mills-clements/): Born into a pioneer ranching family, Bebe Mills Clements spent most of her life tending to ranch matters. Though she was an equal partner with her husband, she operated the ranch alone much of the time. Her efforts set new standards in sheep ranching. Because she always wanted to be a musician and an artist,
- [Camilla Naprous](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/camilla-naprous/): Born in 1986, Camilla Naprous grew up in the entertainment industry working with horses. She first performed with her family’s stunt team, The Devil’s Horsemen, when she was only 8 years old, Roman riding her two ponies at Wembley Arena in London for an audience of ten thousand. She spent her teenage years travelling across
- [Laura Gilpin](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/laura-gilpin/): Upon receiving her first camera at twelve, Laura Gilpin photographed the Southwest for more than sixty years. Working alone, Gilpin's works are unique because she pursued landscape photography, a field pioneered and traditionally practiced by men. Compelled not by scientific curiosity but by humane concerns, Gilpin viewed the land as an environment that shaped human
- [Kathy Daughn](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kathy-daughn/): Growing up in San Francisco, Kathy Daughn learned to ride on horses rented by the hour and volunteered at the Golden Gate Park stables. Eventually she began riding and showing hunter-jumpers before moving to Texas, where she learned to train and ride cutting horses. Making her mark in the cutting arena, she is the only
- [Charmayne James](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/charmayne-james/): With her horse, Scamper, Charmayne James set an unprecedented record by winning the World Championship Barrel Racing title ten consecutive years. She was also the first barrel racer in rodeo history to win more money than any PRCA cowboy during a single rodeo season. James began barrel racing in New Mexico as a young girl,
- [Vivian White](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/vivian-white/): In 1941, Vivian White was the winner of the last cowgirl bronc riding event at Madison Square Garden. Her rodeo career began when she was fifteen, riding steers and bison in exhibitions. A champion trick rider and bronc rider who held the distinction of never being bucked off in the arena, White's rodeo career lasted
- [Caroline Lockhart](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/caroline-lockhart/): Caroline Lockhart was a journalist, bestselling Western author, rodeo founder, homesteader, and cattle queen. Her lifelong quest was to live the life of a cowgirl: independent, on horseback, in the beautiful, open country of the West. Raised by a Kansas cattle trader, Lockhart proved a talented horsewoman. Born in 1871 with an adventurous spirit, little
- [Stacy Westfall](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/stacy-westfall/): Stacy Westfall received her first pony at age six and has claimed to be “obsessed with horses from the beginning,” and continued working with horses throughout her childhood. While in high school, Westfall began competing in jumping and barrel racing. In 1997, the horsewoman earned an Equestrian Studies degree at The University of Findlay in
- [Doris Seibold](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/doris-seibold/): Born and raised on a ranch, Doris Seibold combined her talents to become a successful quarter horse breeder and a respected historian. Throughout her teaching career, she worked to preserve the culture and folklore of the Indian, Hispanic and Anglo presence in Arizona, instilling a sense of history in her students. Emphasizing the richness of
- [Barbra Schulte](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/barbara-schulte/): Barbra Schulte is a respected author, trainer, and clinician who has had a lifetime involvement with horses. Growing up on a ranch, Schulte helped market and show her family’s horses and she competed in several events including reining and cutting. Taking time to focus on her education, in 1977 Schulte earned a Masters Degree from
- [Sharon Camarillo](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sharon-camarillo/): As an accomplished barrel racer, horsemanship clinician and four-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier, Sharon Camarillo made her mark on rodeo history as one of the select few women to co-announce the prestigious Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. This Intercollegiate and Women’s Professional Rodeo champion is a passionate equestrian educator and teaches thousands of students how
- [Nancy Sheppard](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/nancy-sheppard/): Nancy Sheppard headlined at the biggest rodeos at age nine, thrilling crowds with her trick riding and roping skills. She rode and roped at most of the major rodeos in the U.S. Her rodeo career began in 1939 and lasted until 1961, when she retired to devote more time to ranching and raising her family.
- [Anna Mebus Martin](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/anna-mebus-martin/): Anna Mebus Martin was the first female bank founder and president in the United States. An immigrant from Germany at 15, and widowed at 36, Martin owned a town store, and opened the first bank in Mason County, TX while operating a 60,000 acre cattle ranch. In the initial two years of the store’s operation,
- [Mildred Farris](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mildred-farris/): Mildred Farris is an esteemed leader throughout the sport of rodeo. As a competitor, Farris was Texas Barrel Racing Association’s champion barrel racer from 1955-1957, she earned a qualification twelve times to the National Finals Rodeo, was the runner up to World Champion in 1959, 1960, and 1969, and in 1968 she earned the fastest
- [Reba McEntire](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/reba-mcentire/): The legendary Oklahoma native, Reba McEntire, has achieved a rare pinnacle with 35 No. 1 singles and over 56 million albums sold worldwide. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Hollywood Bowl member has won 15 American Music Awards, 14 ACM Awards, 9 People’s Choice Awards, 7 CMA Awards and 2 Grammy Awards, in addition
- [Lucyle Richards](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lucyle-richards/): Leaving her family ranch in Talihena, Oklahoma, Lucyle Richards toured the country as a saddle bronc rider. She performed around the world, tagged by the press as “the prettiest and best dressed cowgirl in America.” She bought her own plane and learned acrobatic flying in 1939.
- [Sandy Collier](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sandy-collier/): In the spirited world of reined cow horses, Sandy Collier is a respected competitor. Her career and love of horses began on the East Coast as an English rider; this evolved into her current passion and career. Collier is the first and only woman to win the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) World Champion
- [Joan Wells](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/joan-wells/): To watch Joan Wells, the 1979 Women’s World Champion Trick Roper, perform is to witness an authentic link to the early Wild West shows. Her interest in roping began in childhood, when, with coaching from a cousin, Wells began performing at fairs, rodeos and on television. Devoted to the art, she teaches clinics and writes
- [Betty Dusek](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/betty-dusek/): Part of the golden age of the All-Girl Rodeo, Betty Dusek aided in the early development of the Girls Rodeo Association as director of calf roping contests. Dusek won several awards including World Champion calf roping, team roping, flag racing and ribbon roping through the GRA. Dusek is a long time member of several organizations
- [Elaine Kramer](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/elaine-kramer/): For over twenty years, dazzling costumes, white plumed horses and the thrill of a rodeo arena would adorn Elaine Kramer’s life as one of America’s most famous roman riders. She performed her Roman riding act with the Flying Valkyries of Palm Springs, California in 1955 and went on to join Jinks Hoglan’s All-Girl Review where
- [Betty Sims Solt](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/betty-sims-solt/): Betty Sims Solt learned the basic skills of good horsemanship while growing up on her family’s ranch where she worked alongside her father and five brothers. She began her rodeo career in 1950 at a high school rodeo, going on to win numerous awards, including two NIRA Barrel Racing Championships. Solt started teaching in 1964,
- [Norma Sanders](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/norma-sanders/): Norma Sanders was one of the first professional female livestock auctioneers. Following in her father’s footsteps, she gave up her dream of becoming a concert violinist for the livestock arena. Overcoming prejudices against women in the arena, Sanders became one of the most popular auctioneers in the country. People attended auctions just to hear the
- [Sue Cunningham](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sue-cunningham/): Tasty traditions have always been served up in Jean Cates and Sue Cunningham’s family. Born in Turkey, Texas, the sisters learned what it meant to be real cowboy cooks thanks to their father. They began the C-Bar-C Chuckwagon and made history in 1992 when they walked away with the winnings at the Western Heritage Classic
- [May Owen, M.D.](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dr-may-owen-md/): May Owen, M.D. committed to a career in medicine at the age of nine when she discovered her true passion was helping others. Her first patients were animals on her family’s farm in Falls County, Texas. While she attended high school in Fort Worth, Texas, she remained committed to helping her father on the farm
- [Harriet "Bita" Lee](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/harriet-bita-lee/): Born a twin on the 300,000 acres of the Fernandez ranch, Harriet "Bita" Lee grew up with the Spanish and Navajo, not speaking English until she was six. She attended the University of New Mexico, returning to the ranch when her father took ill. Bita was an expert horsewoman, a renowned heel roper, cook and
- [Marilyn Williams Harris](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/marilyn-williams-harris/): As the co-manager of historic Sands Ranch for the last 20 years, Marilyn Williams Harris has made protecting wildlife habitats, repairing ecosystems, and preserving Arizona’s western landscapes a priority. Through her work with non-profits, Harris has raised millions of dollars for a variety of organizations ranging from the Arizona Horse Lover’s Foundation to the Barrow
- [Velma B. Johnston](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/velma-b-johnston/): Velma B. Johnston “Wild Horse Annie” was a tireless pioneer in establishing legislation for the protection of wild horses and burros across the United States. Her efforts were instrumental in getting the 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act passed through Congress, which provides for the protection, management, and control of wild free-roaming horses and burros
- [Bernice Dean](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/bernice-dean/): Bernice Dean was one of the most versatile Wild West and rodeo performers. Her act included singing and dancing, trick riding, trick shooting, knife throwing, tricks with Mexican maguey ropes and bull whips, juggling, and a balancing trick on the rolling globe. She and her husband worked as an exhibition team for 45 years in
- [Rose Cambra Freitas](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/rose-cambra-freitas/): Rose Cambra Freitas represents the best of Hawaiian cowboy or “paniolo” culture through sharing knowledge of the Western lifestyle with people of all ages. Recognized as one of Maui’s 100 most influential people in the past 100 years, Freitas co-founded the Maui All Girls and Junior Boys and Girls Rodeo Association, Hawaii’s only incorporated non-profit
- [Ruth Thompson](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ruth-thompson/): Ruth Thompson and her husband Cal were instrumental in the development and registry of the American Albino horse. The breed, also known as the American White, had its origin on the Thompsons’ White Horse Ranch in Nebraska. A farmer’s daughter, Thompson grew up working horses in the field, but it wasn’t until her marriage that
- [Kaila Mussell](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kaila-mussell/): Kaila Mussell was the first woman to become a professional saddle bronc rider since the formation of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 1936. Mussell’s journey in rodeo started at home in Chilliwack, British Columbia in Canada. Mussell is of Coast Salish native descent and grew up on the Skwah reservation, part of the larger
- [Cornelia "Ninia" Wadsworth Ritchie](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/cornelia-wadsworth-ritchie/): Cornelia “Ninia” Wadsworth Ritchie is the fourth-generation owner of the JA Ranch, the oldest ranch in the Texas Panhandle, and one still in the hands of its founding family. Named for her great-grandmother, Ninia carries on the tradition of Cornelia Adair, who is celebrated for the passionate care she took of the ranch. Ninia and
- [Jimmie Gibbs-Munroe](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jimmie-gibbs-munroe/): Born into the heritage of the 101 Ranch, Jimmie Gibbs-Munroe entered her first horse show at three, her first rodeo at ten, and had a rodeo career that included eleven NFR trips and led to her becoming one of the top women in barrel racing. Gibbs-Munroe served as the GRA/WPRA president for fourteen years, where,
- [Carrie Ingalls Swanzey](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/carrie-ingalls-swanzey/): Born during her parents’ stay in Kansas, Carrie Ingalls Swanzey, third daughter of the Ingalls, grew up in DeSmet, South Dakota. Upon graduating from high school, she went to work for the local newspaper, and came to manage several papers. Moving to Keystone, South Dakota to run a paper, she met and married a miner,
- [Mary Nan West](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-nan-west/): Raised by her grandparents as heir to the Rafter S Ranch, Mary Nan West grew up shunning socials and other affairs for ranch work. The hard work and values she learned on the ranch made her into one of the most influential women in Texas. In addition, she was the first female president of the
- [Gertrude Maxwell](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/gertrude-maxwell/): Gertrude Maxwell’s parents taught her to be self-sufficient. She spent forty years as a teacher and another thirty years as a hunting outfitter. In addition she ran a ranch, trained and bred horses and dogs and farmed. Her dream of attending medical school vanished in the Depression, so she turned to teaching, even starting a
- [Nellie Snyder Yost](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/nellie-snyder-yost/): Nellie Snyder Yost published her first book when she was 46, a collection of stories told by her father about early ranching life. She went on to write eleven more books and numerous articles about the people and history of the West. Raised in northwest Nebraska and home schooled until she was ten, Yost was
- [Lulu Bell Parr](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lulu-bell-parr/): Lulu Bell Parr, an independent and spirited Wild West performer, thrilled audiences all across the world during her reign as the “Champion Lady Bucking Horse Rider of the World.” She rode in some of the most famous Wild West shows of the last century. She became famous for her bronc riding skills but demonstrated other
- [Sheila Varian](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sheila-varian/): Sheila Varian made her mark on the Arabian horse community, from her first champion mare, Rotenza, to the Varian Arabians she bred. Using three mares imported from Poland in 1961, Varian's breeding program rose to worldwide acclaim and she was the leading breeder of Arabians in the United States and Canada. She was awarded the
- [Florence Hughes Randolph](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/florence-hughes-randolph/): Ten-time World Champion Cowgirl Trick Rider and World Champion Bronc Rider, Florence Hughes Randolph made more than 500 rodeo appearances – bronc riding, trick roping, trick riding and roman riding. A petite woman, Randolph was thirteen before she learned to ride a horse and taught herself stunt riding. She worked in Wild West shows, raced
- [Anne Burnett Tandy](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/anne-burnett-tandy/): Anne Burnett Tandy grew up in Fort Worth, TX and spent time on her father’s Triangle Ranch mastering the qualities of a top hand through her friendships with the cowboys. Heir to the Four Sixes and Triangle ranches, she was a noted quarter horse breeder and helped organize the American Quarter Horse Association. Married to
- [Terry Stuart Forst](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/terry-stuart-forst/): Terry Stuart Forst, a rancher and innovator, manages the oldest family ranch in Oklahoma – the 7S Stuart Ranch. Under her leadership, her family’s ranch has become one of the most profitable in the Southwest, one of the best North American quarter horse ranches in the nation and earned the AQHA Best Remuda Award in
- [Wilma Standard Tate](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/wilma-standard-tate/): Known as the “Texas Tomboy” during her rodeo career, Wilma Standard Tate taught herself to rope using a rented donkey for practice. She became a champion roper and trick rider, dazzling audiences with her Roman riding act and her skill with a horse. She also trained and showed cutting horses before establishing her own riding
- [Juanita Hackett Howell](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/juanita-hackett-howell/): Juanita Hackett Howell, whose trick riding and trick roping brought her fame throughout the U.S., did not see a rodeo until the age of twenty, when she joined her mother in the King Brothers Show and experienced the life of a Wild West performer. She met and married her husband in the rodeo arena, performing
- [Dale Evans](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dale-evans/): Beginning her career in show business singing for a Memphis radio station, Dale Evans (born Frances Smith) made her way to Chicago where she was ”discovered” by Paramount scouts. She came to Hollywood, working in films with John Wayne, Joe E. Brown and Roy Rogers, whom she married. Together with Roy, she made 27 films,
- [Hildred Goodwine Phillips](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/hildred-goodwine-phillips/): Hildred Goodwine Phillips was successful as a Western painter and sculptor because her subjects have always been the horses she knew and loved. Her great love of horses began during childhood on a farm in Michigan, where she studied each detail of the teams of workhorses used in everyday chores. When she began to paint
- [Kay Gay](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kay-gay/): Kay Gay played an important role in Texas rodeo history. From scheduling long-haul truckers for rodeo stock to serving as secretary to keeping time, she filled most roles within the rodeo arena. For the Mesquite Championship Rodeo, among others, she coordinated the grand entry and opening ceremonies, carried the American flag, and competed as a
- [Anne Stradling](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/anne-stradling/): Creator of the Museum of the Horse, the first U.S. museum dedicated to the horse, Anne Stradling began her collection of horse-related items as a young girl in New Jersey. The daughter of a prominent land developer, she participated in her first horse show at six, later learning to trick ride with the 101 Ranch
- [Louise Serpa](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/louise-serpa/): Louise was the first woman sanctioned by the RCA to photograph rodeo action inside the arena and spent the next thirty years capturing the action there. Credited with revolutionizing thinking about bodies in motion with her black-and-white images of rodeo events, Serpa grew up in New York City, attended Vassar and went west at the
- [Patricia E. Kelly](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/patricia-e-kelly/): A former U.S. marine, award-winning community leader, and equestrian trailblazer, Patricia E. Kelly has been at the helm of the Hartford, CT-based non-profit organization Ebony Horsewomen, Inc. for the past 30+ years. Initially started in 1984 as a cultural and social enrichment organization for female equestrians, Ebony Horsewomen, Inc. serves over 300 youth annually, creating
- [Donna Howell-Sickles](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/donna-howell-sickles/): Donna Howell-Sickles has taken the image and idea of the cowgirl beyond charcoal lines and into reality. She has explored the layers beneath the cowgirl’s engaging exterior for more than thirty years. A vintage postcard featuring a cowgirl with ruby red lips atop her horse instilled in Howell-Sickles a fascination with the cowgirl spirit. The
- [Evelyn Cameron](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/evelyn-cameron/): Evelyn Cameron captured the history and spirit of early Montana with over 1,800 photographs and 35 volumes of diaries. The daughter of a wealthy English family, she turned away from a genteel lifestyle to adopt the life of a Montana rancher. To make ends meet, she turned to photography. While selling the pictures helped her
- [Linda Mitchell Davis](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/linda-mitchell-davis/): A fourth-generation rancher, Linda Mitchell Davis grew up in the drought of the early 1930s on the family ranch in New Mexico, learning ranching up close as a ranch hand. Davis attended Cornell to study agricultural economics, returning home to run the ranch. She married and moved to the CS Ranch, which she ran until
- [Deborah Copenhaver Fellows](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/deborah-copenhaver-fellows/): Deborah Copenhaver Fellows was ranch-raised in northern Idaho and grew up with a passion for horses and an avid interest in art. Both her father and brother won World Championships in professional rodeo, and Fellows herself traveled the professional circuit as a barrel racer. She won the title of Miss Rodeo Washington and runner-up for
- [Hope Varner](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/hope-varner/): Born in Milwaukee, Hope Varner always felt the lure of the West. With her husband, Tex, she spent her life promoting Western life. A talented musician and singer, Varner hosted a radio show and directed a working guest ranch. She passed stories and songs of the West to thousands of children and adults, and in
- [Gretchen Sammis](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/gretchen-sammis/): A fourth-generation rancher, Gretchen Sammis continued her family tradition as owner and operator of the Chase Ranch. Born to be a ranch woman, she attended college, then taught school while managing the ranch until 1972. A community leader, Sammis was the first woman to be president of the Northern New Mexico Livestock Association, first woman
- [Stella Cox Hughes](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/stella-cox-hughes/): Stella Cox Hughes spent most of her life on horseback, either competing in rodeo and show events, or as a working cowgirl. She taught horsemanship clinics for young girls. She related much of her knowledge about horses and ranch life in hundreds of published articles and short stories. Hughes' cooking skills gained attention from annual
- [Ann Lowdon Call](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ann-lowdon-call/): Playing cowboys and Indians with friends developed Ann Lowdon Call’s cowgirl spirit and helped transform her into a top American Quarter Horse Association competitor. Call was serious when it came to horses. She was once quoted as saying, “Let’s put it this way, you can criticize me, my husband and even the children. But don’t
- [Mary Ellen "Dude" Barton](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-ellen-dude-barton/): Mary Ellen "Dude" Barton's life was characterized by her work on the family ranch and her rodeo successes. Often competing against men in rodeo events, Dude proved that she could compete on equal terms with anybody and win. She served as the first vice president of the Girls. Rodeo Association and promoted standardized rules and
- [Angelika Trabert, M.D.](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dr-angelika-trabert/): Born in Germany in 1967, Dr. Angelika Trabert, M.D. was born with no legs and only three fingers on one hand. Yet, she also has the ability to see beyond any obstacle in her life in order to be independent. At six, Dr. Trabert sat on a pony for the first time. The sense of
- [Ashley Collins](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ashley-collins/): When Ashley Collins moved to Los Angeles in the late 1980s, she arrived with no resources besides her talent, work ethic, and a passion to paint what had inspired and sustained her throughout her childhood: the soul of the horse. During a difficult upbringing, Collins found her greatest teacher in a disabled horse named Chief.
- [Marie Tyler](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/marie-tyler/): Known as the “First Lady of Beef Promotion,” Marie Tyler knew about cattle and horses from her youth on the family ranch. She brought the first Santa Gertrudis cattle to North Dakota and joined with other ranchers to promote beef sales and distribution. Active in pleasure-riding events, Tyler and her husband Jim were also among
- [Jo Ann Doke Smith](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jo-ann-smith/): Jo Ann Doke Smith has blazed trails for women and championed family-owned farms in the agricultural industry for decades. A rancher alongside her husband in Florida, Smith saw the need for global marketing efforts for farmers to survive financially in the changing world. In 1985, she became the first female president of the National Cattlemen’s
- [Mabel Strickland Woodward](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mabel-strickland-woodward/): Mabel Strickland Woodward bested most cowboys in rodeo events, including bronc and steer riding, roping and trick and roman riding. She began her career riding relay races, but soon added steer roping and trick riding, winning championships in all three events and earning considerable fame. Noticed by the booming movie industry, Woodward found Hollywood success
- [Gail Davis](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/gail-davis/): Praised as “the perfect Western actress,” Gail Davis was the star of the popular television series Annie Oakley. Davis gave girls of the era their first female Western heroine and won numerous awards, including three Billboard Awards for best actress, and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Fans around the world
- [Helen Groves](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/helen-groves/): Raised on the legendary King Ranch, it seemed natural for Helen Groves to become an ambassador for the equine industry. Over the years she became known as the “First Lady of Cutting.” She spent more than two decades breeding, raising, and riding cutting horses on her ranch, while also competing at almost every major show.
- [Marlene Eddleman McRae](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/marlene-eddleman-mcrae/): A world champion barrel racer, Marlene Eddleman McRae has been riding or showing horses since she was six. Inspired by Dale Evans, McRae wanted to be a cowgirl and ride horses. Entering her first Little Britches rodeo, she began a string of championships that includes two gold medals from the 1988 Winter Olympics. A talented
- [Velda Tindall Smith](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/velda-tindall-smith/): Velda Tindall Smith was a classic cowgirl from the golden age of rodeo. She learned to trick ride at the age of twelve and gave her debut performance the following year to a crowd of 8,000 at Gilbert’s Ranch Rodeo. Smith consistently placed high in trick riding, flat races, and relay races at major competitions
- [Wantha Davis](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/wantha-davis/): Wantha Davis loved to race horses—and to win doing it. From the Great Depression through the 1950s, she won more than 1,000 races. Her feats on the racetrack were commemorated in newspapers across the country and on newsreels in movie houses. She was referred to by many major sports writers as one of the finest
- [Nancy Bragg Witmer](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/nancy-bragg-witmer/): Nancy Bragg Witmer began her trick riding career on a borrowed horse at the Texas Cowboy Reunion in Stamford, Texas. Trained in tap and acrobatic dancing and educated in drama at Brenau College, Witmer worked rodeos as a child trick roper. She discovered trick riding, invented a signature stunt, the “Falling Tower” and became the
- [Jane Pattie](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jane-pattie/): Since the publication of her first article in 1958, Jane Pattie harnessed her passion for the American West as an accomplished freelance writer and photographer who authored more than 3,000 articles. She was published in over twenty national and international magazines, including The Quarter Horse Journal, The Paint Horse Journal, Horse & Rider, and Western Horsemen. Her work often
- [Ruth Parton Webster](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ruth-parton-webster/): Called the “Mother of Thoroughbred Racing,” Ruth Parton Webster began racing thoroughbreds on the Yakima Reservation in Washington when she was thirteen. Her successes on the track led to rodeo appearances, and to the sport of relay racing. With six fast Canadian fillies, Webster brought her winning abilities to the pony-express style races, soon earning
- [Sandra Day O'Connor](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sandra-day-oconnor/): Born in El Paso, Texas, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor grew up on her family’s isolated Arizona cattle ranch, learning to shoot and ride before she was eight. She attended Stanford Law School, and subsequently served as Arizona assistant attorney general. She was later appointed to a vacancy in the Arizona Senate, elected Superior Court judge,
- [Eleanor McClintock Williams](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/eleanor-mcclintock-williams/): Eleanor McClintock Williams’ life epitomized that of the strong, independent Western woman. The daughter of wealthy Pittsburgh artists, Williams was enthused with life in the West as a teenager. She became a champion trick rider, performing on the rodeo circuit, Wild West shows and circuses. She purchased and built a ranch during the Depression, raised
- [Pam Minick](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/pam-minick/): “Atomic Blonde” is how Pam Minick’s Las Vegas birth announcements read. Always competitive, Minick's spirit and dedication made her a true ambassador for rodeo as a competitor and a promoter. Her list of accomplishments includes champion calf roper, actress, movie stunt person, businesswoman and sports commentator. She served as vice president of the WPRA and
- [Mildred Douglas Chrisman](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mildred-douglas-chrisman/): Mildred Douglas Chrisman left an East Coast finishing school and went west to join the 101 Ranch Wild West show, beginning a colorful career that included winning the World Champion Girl Bronc Rider title twice and acting in silent movies with Tom Mix. A versatile performer, Chrisman was skilled in trick riding, trick shooting and
- [Thena Mae Farr](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/thena-mae-farr/): Thena Mae Farr used the ranching skills she learned growing up to compete in every rodeo event from barrel racing to bronc riding. But her real fame came as she partnered with Nancy Binford and made history with their creation of the 1947 Tri-State All Girl Rodeo. A pioneer of women’s professional rodeo, Farr served
- [Georgie Sicking](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/georgie-sicking/): Georgie Sicking grew up believing she was born to be a cowhand. However, chances to prove herself were scarce, so Sicking began writing poetry. She eventually achieved her dream of ranching as an equal and her poetry reflects a Western history seen through a ranch hand’s eyes. She owned and ran several ranches and her
- [Connie Douglas Reeves](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/connie-douglas-reeves/): The Depression ruined Connie Douglas Reeves’ plans to practice law. Instead, in 1936, she joined the staff at Waldemar as head riding instructor and continued in that capacity for over sixty years. She touched the lives of thousands of young women as a role model and a mentor. Reeves married in 1942 and with her
- [Margaret Formby](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/margaret-formby/): Margaret Formby took over leadership of the newly formed National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 1976, expanding the Hall’s focus to honor all Western women and changing the name of the center to the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center. Raised on a West Texas ranch (“growing up Western,” as she called
- [Shelly Burmeister Mowery](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/shelly-burmeister-mowery/): Shelly Burmeister Mowery was an active promoter of professional rodeo as the first “Miss Coors Rodeo,” where she brought significant attention to equal pay for women’s barrel racing in the major rodeos. A former rodeo consultant, rodeo queen and actress, Mowery has been recognized by her fans and all the major TV networks as one
- [Betty Gayle Cooper Ratliff](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/betty-gayle-cooper-ratliff/): Born into a family of rodeo stars, Betty Gayle Cooper Ratliff established herself as one of the top calf roping champions. Growing up on a ranch near Hobbs, New Mexico, Ratliff won her first championship at twelve in junior calf roping. A diligent rodeo supporter, she helped reorganize the American Junior Rodeo Association and worked
- [Julie Krone](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/julie-krone/): Since her earliest tomboy days, Julie Krone knew what she wanted. Nothing but racing held her interest. She began her career exercising horses at Churchill Downs and was racing in a year. Eventually earning over $80 million in purses, Krone made more than 3,500 trips to the winner’s circle. She retired as the top female
- [Elizabeth "Aunt Hank" Boyle Smith](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/elizabeth-boyle-smith/): Immigrating from Scotland, Elizabeth “Aunt Hank” Boyle Smith followed her brothers to West Texas where she met and married Henry Smith. The first white woman to establish a home on the plains of West Texas, she and her husband also opened the Occidental Hotel, the Texas plains’ first hotel. She also taught at its first
- [Willa Cather](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/willa-cather/): Willa Cather’s sensitivity to her surroundings appeared repeatedly in her stories and books. Raised on the edge of the western frontier, she wrote with a passion and clarity grounded in her own knowledge of the stories of early Nebraska settlers. Cather was editor of a national magazine, author of bestselling novels and winner of the
- [Jan Youren](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jan-youren/): Jan Youren excels in every rodeo event, especially bareback bronc and bull riding. She has competed for over four decades, winning top honors and world titles in the WPRA. A fervent advocate of the sport since her first bareback bronc ride, Youren also holds clinics to teach young women the art of riding rough stock.
- [Elsa Spear Byron](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/elsa-spear-byron/): Born in 1896 into one of Wyoming’s first ranching families, Elsa Spear Byron acquired her first Brownie camera when she was twelve. She began a career that spanned more than eighty years, documenting a vanishing way of life with photographs of the lives of the Crow Indians, ranchers and the everyday life around her. Byron
- [Eloise "Fox Hastings" Wilson](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/eloise-fox-hastings-wilson/): In 1914, at age 16, Eloise "Fox Hastings" Wilson ran away from home in California and began her career bronc and trick riding for the Irwin Brother’s Wild West Show. By 1924, she was best known among few female bulldoggers with her first competition at the Fort Worth Rodeo. A multi-talented arena cowgirl, Hastings trick
- [Pauline Nesbitt](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/pauline-nesbitt/): Pauline Nesbitt, born Jane Slovensky in 1905, was raised on a Wisconsin farm where she first fell in love with horses. She began her rodeo career at age 17 as a bronc rider, but after seeing Tad Lucas perform in San Antonio, she made the switch and added trick rider to her list of abilities.
- [Rose Wilder Lane](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/rose-wilder-lane/): The daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane was a gifted child academically. She left home at seventeen to work for Western Union, then began a successful but short-lived real estate venture. Lane began a literary career as a feature writer for the San Francisco Bulletin. Leaving that job to work for the Red
- [Temple Grandin, Ph.D.](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dr-temple-grandin-phd/): Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a champion of the agriculture and livestock industry. Dr. Grandin has published four books and well over 200 articles and essays on the subjects of wild animals welfare, livestock handling, and other topics relevant to the livestock industry. Having designed the livestock facilities for six different countries, at least thirty percent
- [Clara Brown](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/clara-brown/): Born a slave in Virginia around 1800, Clara Brown would become a pillar of the community that built the city of Denver, Colorado. The first time she was sold was a young child, along with her mother to a man named Ambrose Smith. When she was about 18 years old, she received his permission to
- [Bertha Blancett](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/bertha-blancett/): A pioneer in women’s rodeo competition, Bertha Blancett was the first woman to ride broncs at Cheyenne, marking the start of female participation in rodeos. Making a name for herself as a bronc rider, she joined several Wild West shows, including the 101 Ranch Show, where she married Del Blancett. Blancett moved to California where,
- [Anne W. Marion](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/anne-w-marion/): At the helm of the Burnett Oil Company, The Burnett Foundation, and Burnett Ranches (including the 6666), LTD, Anne Windfohr Marion contributed to the cultural expansion of Fort Worth and other communities across the nation. As the great-granddaughter of Samuel Burk Burnett, founder of the 6666 Ranch, she steadfastly supported the preservation of Western heritage.
- [Frances Kavanaugh](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/frances-kavanaugh/): Known as the “Cowgirl of the Typewriter,” Frances Kavanaugh was one of the few women writing western screenplays in Hollywood, a primarily male-dominated profession. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up around ranching in Houston which gave her what she called “the feeling of Westerns.” Her credits began with the Driftin’ Kid in 1941, and over the
- [Mary Burger](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-burger/): A barrel racer for five decades and with 11 World Championships over that time, Mary Burger is a trailblazer with longevity. At a young age, she was diagnosed with Perthes Disease, which is a painful and debilitating illness that causes inflammation and arthritic-like symptoms in the hip sockets. Her father had her ride horses to
- [Dorothy Satterfield](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dorothy-satterfield/): A popular rodeo performer, Dorothy Satterfield began her trick riding career at the 1944 Greeley Independence Stampede when she was twelve. Riding Lucky, a horse she raised and trained, Satterfield made rodeos from Texas to California. For more than a decade she worked the rodeo circuit with her husband, Carl. An avid supporter of women’s
- [Bonnie McCarroll](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/bonnie-mccarroll/): This champion bronc rider, Bonnie McCarroll, made rodeo history in 1922 by winning the cowgirl bronc riding championship at the two most prestigious rodeos in the nation, Cheyenne Frontier Days and the first Madison Square Garden Rodeo. One of the most famous rodeo snapshots ever taken is of McCarroll being thrown from a horse named
- [Arlene Kensinger](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/arlene-kensinger/): Although this cowgirl’s resume reads long and broad, Arlene Kensinger was known for her work with Cheyenne Frontier Days, where she acted as chief goodwill ambassador. Her interest in rodeo started as a teenager, and she dallied in trick riding and barrel racing. Kensinger rode in the 1958 Brussels World Fair before adding trick water
- [Mary Walker](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-walker/): The 2012 Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Champion barrel racer, is a Texas native who showed determination and tremendous strength after overcoming a life-shattering tragedy and a debilitating injury: Mary Walker. After months of physical therapy, she became the second-oldest woman, at age 53, to win a world title, capturing it in 2012. In 2016,
- [Angie Debo, Ph.D.](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dr-angie-debo-phd/): Angie Debo, Ph.D. set out to be a history teacher. Growing up on the Oklahoma frontier, she loved books and learning. Her dreams of teaching college history were blocked by discriminatory college practices against hiring women. She turned to writing about history as an alternate avenue. Priding herself on unyielding accuracy, her historical publications garnered
- [Mari Sandoz](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mari-sandoz/): Mari Sandoz published her first story when she was twelve. Growing up on the sand hills of western Nebraska, she wrote of life around her. Sandoz first gained fame for Old Jules, the story of her father and other settlers. She also produced six related books on the relationship between Native Americans and Anglos. Sandoz won
- [Dr. Mary Lou LeCompte, Ph.D.](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dr-mary-lou-lecompte-phd/): Dr. Mary Lou LeCompte, Ph.D., was recognized as the leading scholar on rodeo cowgirls. She wrote the book, Cowgirls of the Rodeo: Pioneer Professional Athletes, in which more than 600 interviews were conducted with female rodeo competitors. Dr. LeCompte published several articles, contributed to books, and was awarded many research grants for her efforts. She oversaw
- [Hortense Sparks Ward](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/hortense-sparks-ward/): Known as a defender of women’s rights and as the first woman admitted into the Texas Bar Association, Hortense Sparks Ward broke barriers for women during the beginning of the 20th century. Five years after being admitted to the Texas bar, Ward became the first woman from Texas, as well as the first woman below
- [Minnie Lou Bradley](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/minnie-lou-bradley/): Minnie Lou Bradley paved a way for young women to enter the arena of livestock breeding and management programs. She was the one of the first women to receive a degree in animal husbandry from Oklahoma State University and the first female member of the Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Team. She was the first female president
- [Lindy Burch](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lindy-burch/): Lindy Burch holds the distinction of being the first woman to win the NCHA Futurity, and she set a record score while doing it. She was also the first female president of the NCHA. Burch was raised riding horses but did not see her first cutting event until she was fourteen. Now a respected horse
- [Nita Brooks Lewallen](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/nita-brooks-lewallen/): Nita Brooks Lewallen embraced the ranching life she grew up in. Even as a contender in the rodeo circuit, ranching and horses remained her chief interests. Lewallen dedicated over half a century to exploring the horse industry, particularly thoroughbred breeding, and her contributions have been immense. She was named the Texas Breeder of the Year
- [Audrey O'Brien Griffin](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/audrey-obrien-griffin/): Audrey O’Brien Griffin lived the cowgirl life with tenacity, generosity and passion. Before raising her family, Griffin was a member of the famous Flying Valkyries, a Roman riding group in the 1950s and also worked in a Wild West show that traveled to Belgium. After her children were grown, her love for equestrian sports took
- [Carol Rose](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/carol-rose/): One of the first women to become a leader in the equine industry, Carol Rose began competing in horse events as a child. She inherited her passion for horses from her mother, who taught her to ride and care for them as a basis for life lessons. A world champion in non-pro cutting horse competition,
- [Sarah "Sally" Buxkemper](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sarah-sally-buxkemper/): Sarah “Sally” Buxkemper’s passion for agriculture was evident in her work in refining cattle pedigrees. Working in a male-dominated field, Buxkemper’s career was anything but mediocre. She aided in the development of a new breed of cattle, the Simbrah, combining Simmental with Brahman, which is resistant to the ailments of its ancestors. She was one of
- [Laura Kraut](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/laura-kraut/): Olympic equestrian Laura Kraut of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, is one of the most accomplished show jumpers in American history. A veteran of multiple Olympic Games, Kraut earned a team gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has represented the United States at the highest levels of international competition for more than three decades. Known
- [Carole Jackson-Holyan](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/carole-jackson-holyan/): Carole Jackson-Holyan, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, has carved out a legacy as a champion athlete, business leader, and cultural advocate for Indigenous women. Inspired by her father, rodeo legend Dean Jackson, Jackson-Holyan won her first Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) world title at 11 years old. She went on to earn multiple championships.
- [Cheryl Cody](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/cheryl-cody/): Cheryl Cody, founder of Pro Management, Inc., has been a key figure in the equine industry for decades. Her company has managed top reining and reined cow horse events, including the National Reining Horse Association Futurity and Derby, National Reining Breeders Classic, 100X Reining Classic, and all the National Reined Cow Horse Association premier events.
- [Sarahmarge "Wink" Crigler](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sarahmarge-wink-crigler/): Sarahmarge “Wink” Crigler, owner of the X Diamond Ranch and a fourth-generation rancher, maintains the homestead her great-grandparents settled in the 1890s. Located in South Fork Canyon near Greer, AZ, the ranch attracts thousands of visitors for horseback riding, fly fishing in the Little Colorado River, and relaxing in mountain cabins. Committed to preserving ranching
- [Nancy Martiny](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/nancy-martiny/): Nancy Martiny made her first saddle over a year of spare afternoons while ranching, rodeoing, and raising three kids in Idaho. Martiny learned leatherwork at fifteen from her father, Bill Brockman. She began saddle making at 30, mentored by renowned saddle maker Dale Harwood. She earned credibility in the male dominated field, creating functional art
- [Kenda Lenseigne](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kenda-lenseigne/): New River, Arizona’s Kenda Lenseigne is a legendary figure in the sport of mounted shooting. A six-time world champion and one of the discipline’s most recognizable ambassadors, she has spent decades promoting Western horsemanship and competitive shooting. The first woman to best her male competitors for the Overall World Championship, Lenseigne’s success in the arena, combined
- [Lisa Sorrell](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lisa-sorrell/): Master bootmaker Lisa Sorrell is widely regarded as one of the finest custom boot artisans in the world. Based in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Sorrell has earned international acclaim for her exceptional craftsmanship, innovative designs, and dedication to preserving the art of handmade cowboy boots. Her work has been featured in museums, exhibitions, and publications celebrating Western artistry. Through teaching,
- [Lela Rose](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lela-rose/): Internationally acclaimed fashion designer Lela Rose of New York City has built a celebrated career by blending sophisticated design with inspiration drawn from her Texas roots and Western heritage. Her collections have become favorites among celebrities, first ladies, and women seeking timeless elegance. Beyond the runway, Rose has championed craftsmanship, entrepreneurship, and creative innovation while proudly embracing
- [Cherie DeVaux](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/cheri-devaux-copy/): One of the most successful Thoroughbred trainers in racing today, and a former barrel racer, Cherie DeVaux of Lexington, Kentucky, has established herself as a trailblazer in a sport historically dominated by men. She is the only woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, and the second to capture the Belmont Stakes, both with the three-year-old Golden
- [Beth Cross](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/beth-cross/): As the co-founder and CEO of Ariat International, Beth Cross revolutionized equestrian sports by introducing performance technology into riding boots and treating equestrian riders as athletes. Over the last 31 years, Cross and the Ariat team have shaped Ariat into a global brand that remains a key part of western culture through its continued product
- [Ernestine Chesser Williams](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ernestine-chesser-williams/): Ernestine Chesser Williams taught in schools for 33 years before retiring and starting a writing career. After a full life of teaching, farming and raising livestock in New Mexico, where her parents were early pioneers, she set out to record and preserve the histories of local people and events. Williams published five books and numerous
- [Agnes Wright Spring](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/agnes-wright-spring/): Agnes Wright Spring's childhood memories of her parents’ stage-line stop, combined with her degrees in English and history, led her to author more than twenty books, over 600 feature articles and fiction stories, a play, and countless shorter articles in professional journals about the West. The only person to be the official historian of two
- [Reine Hafley Shelton](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/reine-hafley-shelton/): Reine Hafley Shelton made her vaudeville debut at three years old as part of her mother’s sharpshooting act. She broke new ground for women, successfully competing in relay races, trick and bronc riding and roping events, usually beating the men. Shelton taught Tad Lucas trick riding when they both toured with Wild West shows. She
- [Augusta Metcalfe](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/augusta-metcalfe/): A child of the true West, Augusta Metcalfe became recognized as one of the greatest Western painters. Raised on a homestead in “No Man’s Land” in Oklahoma Indian Territory, she never attended a school or had an art lesson. In 1908, Metcalfe won first prize in the state fair for a painting, beginning a long
- [Alice Adams Holden](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/alice-adams-holden/): Riding 27 broncs in one day, Alice Adams Holden was billed as the girl who could ride anything on four feet. She started riding at the age of five and had a rodeo career which spanned thirty years and included bronc riding championships in the U.S. and Cuba. Retiring from event participation, she served in
- [Frances "Flaxie" Fletcher](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/frances-flaxie-fletcher/): Though she was never a performer, Frances "Flaxie" Fletcher spent her life in the rodeo. She worked outside the arena performing the behind-the-scenes jobs of arena secretary, timer or administrative assistant for some of the biggest rodeos. After leaving the rodeo circuit, Flaxie spent ten years as the executive secretary of the rodeo division at
- [Betty Kruse Accomazzo](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/betty-kruse-accomazzo/): The daughter of German immigrants, Betty Kruse Accomazzo made a significant contribution to the preservation of Western history with the publication of a five-volume anthology of stories told by pioneer families of Arizona. She was also a civic leader, serving with the 4-H, the National Livestock Show, the Arizona State Cowbelles and the community council.
- [Ollie Osborn](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ollie-osborn/): Ollie Osborn was a talented relay racer and bronc rider. Born to Oregon homestead ranchers, she learned to ride horses from her brothers. Inspired by C. B. Irwin’s daughters relay racing at the Pendleton Round-Up in 1908, she began competing. At the age of sixteen, Osborn won the relay at Pendleton in 1912. She discovered
- [Dixie Reger Mosley](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dixie-reger-mosley/): Youngest in a family of rodeo performers, Dixie Reger Mosley made her trick riding debut at five. She became the first juvenile professional rodeo clown while working Wild West shows. Primarily a trick rider, Mosley successfully competed in all rodeo events, though her specialty was calf roping. She also raised and trained quarter horses for
- [Lilla Day Monroe](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lilla-day-monroe/): Lilla Day Monroe began life as the daughter of an Indiana mill owner. Initially working as a schoolteacher, she became the first woman to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court. Monroe was a political activist who lobbied successfully for the Suffrage Amendment. She founded two journals and promoted progressive welfare, labor and property rights, minimum-wage
- [Sallie Reynolds Matthews](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sallie-reynolds-matthews/): Sallie Reynolds Matthews endured the hardships of pioneer life, living in the isolation of cattle ranches. Though her formal education was limited to the sporadic presence of country schoolteachers, Matthews wrote Interwoven: A Pioneer Chronicle, a clan story of the experiences and complex relationships that developed between two families as they built a new community in
- [Louise Massey Mabie](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/louise-massey-mabie/): Louise Massey Mabie grew up on a ranch but was raised to be a musician. Along with her two brothers and husband, she performed as Louise and The Westerners, becoming stars on NBC for nineteen years until retiring. Louise wrote “White Azaleas,” which sold 3 million copies, and “My Adobe Hacienda,” listed simultaneously on the
- [Henrietta King](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/henrietta-king/): Henrietta King, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, married Richard King, founder of the King Ranch. As the ranch matriarch, she was known for her hospitality and compassion, extending help to the needy and sick. King literally created the town of Kingsville by donating the land. When “Captain” King died, King became the sole owner
- [Ruby Gobble](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ruby-gobble/): Ruby Gobble can be described in many terms: accomplished horsewoman, trick rider, roping champion, rodeo queen, movie actress, and ranch foreman. Raised on her family’s Arizona ranch, she learned to ride at age three on burros and mastered roping shortly after. Beginning her rodeo career as a trick rider, Gobble switched to roping competitions, quickly
- [Gene Krieg Creed](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/gene-krieg-creed/): In 1925, Gene Krieg Creed became the youngest woman ever to win the bronc riding at Cheyenne. She and her sister Vaughn learned to ride before they were five and were soon helping their brothers break wild horses and pursue stray cattle on the family’s Colorado ranch. One of the best cowgirls around, Creed won
- [Faye Blackstone](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/faye-blackstone/): Faye Blackstone taught herself to trick ride to break the boredom to and from school. At a local rodeo, Blackstone saw Mabel Strickland ride and thought, “That’s what I want to do.” Much to the chagrin of her parents, she began riding in rodeos, eventually marrying Vick Blackstone, a Texas cowboy. Blackstone and Vick were
- [Eve Ball](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/eve-ball/): Eve Ball wanted to be remembered for her work in oral history. Following a lifelong fascination with the West, she moved to New Mexico to learn the histories of the Anglo, Spanish and Apache. She impressed upon each group the importance of preserving its heritage and gained the confidence of those around her. Though she
- [Ann Lewis](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/ann-lewis/): In 1968, Ann Lewis became the youngest Barrel Racing Champion in WPRA history. Lewis began running barrels before she started kindergarten, placing in her first open when she was five. Lewis and her twin sister got their first barrel horse when they were seven. At only eight, Lewis was one of the youngest IPRA members
- [Billie Hinson McBride](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/billie-hinson-mcbride/): Billie Hinson McBride set a then-unprecedented record by winning the title of World Champion GRA Barrel Racer for four consecutive years beginning in 1955. She and her sister began barrel racing after seeing a race in the 1930s. The two competed together riding the same mare, usually claiming first and second place in the Texas
- [Bonnie Gray Harris](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/bonnie-gray-harris/): Tall and athletic, Bonnie Gray Harris is best remembered for her amazing stunts and trick riding. Allegedly the first woman to perform the “under the belly crawl” on a horse, she also jumped her horse over an open car with passengers and was one of the first women to ride bulls in Mexican bullfights. As
- [Dessie Sawyer](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dessie-sawyer/): While Dessie Sawyer was National Democratic Committee Woman and New Mexico’s best-known political figure for years, she was first and foremost a rancher. She and her husband U.D. moved onto their ranch in 1928. With sheer determination and hard work, they paid off the mortgage on the ranch while the country struggled through the Depression.
- [Goldia Malone](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/goldia-malone/): Goldia Malone became a world famous trick rider after seeing her first Wild West show at seventeen. She made a deal with Curly Griffith to teach her trick riding in exchange for exercising horses. She soon participated in local fairs, and was discovered and hired for contract work trick riding and bronc riding with the
- [Lorraine Shoultz](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lorraine-shoultz/): Known to her audiences as “Baby Lorraine,” she began her riding career at four, performing trick riding on her pony. Lorraine Schoultz was the star attraction in the Graham Company, a family act featuring eight riding brothers and sisters. Crowned the World Champion Juvenile Trick Rider, Schoultz set national records in trick and fancy riding,
- [Mamie Francis Hafley](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mamie-francis-hafley/): Mamie Francis Hafley thrilled audiences with her daredevil act of riding her horse off a fifty-foot-high platform into a barrel of water just ten feet across. Between 1908 and 1917, she performed this stunt 628 times. She also performed as a sharpshooter, before and after the years of her diving act. Hafley learned to shoot
- [Mamie Sypert Burns](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mamie-sypert-burns/): From 1942 until 1965, Mamie Sypert Burns reigned as First Lady of the Pitchfork Ranch, one of Texas’ oldest and largest ranches. Raised in Houston under the tutelage of her aunts, she brought a new dimension to the ranch with her sophistication and expectations. Prepared more for high society than ranch life, marriage brought her
- [Margaret Pease Harper](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/margaret-pease-harper/): Margaret Pease Harper founded the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation and was the driving force behind the creation of the musical drama, Texas, performed each year against the backdrop of Palo Duro Canyon. A Minnesota native, she came to Texas by way of teaching assignments in Arizona and Peru. This teacher-turned-author and playwright also co-founded the Lone
- [Mother Joseph Pariseau](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mother-joseph-pariseau/): Born Esther Pariseau, Mother Joseph made monumental contributions to health care, education, and social projects throughout the Northwest. The daughter of a French-Canadian carriage maker, she joined the Sisters of Providence and was sent to Fort Vancouver to oversee construction of a convent and schoolhouse. As the architect, construction supervisor, and chief fund raiser, she
- [Pamela Harr](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/pamela-harr/): Pamela Harr grew up in California and began sculpting as a way to provide therapy for handicapped children. After learning bronze casting, she combined it with her love of history and her own personal experiences of ranch work to create bronzes of stories and characters of the West. A member of Women Artists of the
- [Sabra Lee Humphrey](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sabra-lee-humphrey/): Sabra Lee Humphrey’s artistic talent captures the history of the West and ranching on canvas, using knowledge acquired from growing up on a southwestern New Mexico ranch. Her early critics were the cowboys and old-timers who intimately knew the West and the animals in it. In her early years, she was discouraged from painting Western
- [Sue Pirtle](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sue-pirtle/): Called “the most versatile cowgirl in the history of the GRA,” Sue Pirtle won eleven World titles as all-around cowgirl, calf roper, ribbon roper, bareback rider, and bull rider. Pirtle actively promoted the image of the modern cowgirl through television, documentaries, sports competitions, and movie appearances. Dedicated to promoting the image of the women’s rodeo,
- [Rose "Texas Rose" Bascom](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/rose-texas-rose-bascom/): Rose "Texas Rose" Bascom was a professional trick roper, trick rider and movie actress. Known as the “Queen of the Trick Ropers,” she learned to ride and rope from Pearl Elder and, after marrying Weldon Bascom, spent thirteen years performing in rodeos. Her act took her to Hollywood, where she performed on stage and in
- [Dora Waldrop](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/dora-waldrop/): From bringing in milk cows on horseback at age three to barrel racing at 76, Dora Waldrop was a standout Texas horsewoman who consistently won on the horses she trained. A fierce promoter of barrel racing, she was the first to convince Texas Panhandle rodeos to include girls’ barrel racing as an event. While recovering
- [Isora DeRacy Young](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/isora-deracy-young/): Isora DeRacy Young’s love for ranching, horses, and roping made her a pioneer. She was a champion calf roper and barrel racer from a time when women in rodeo were very rare. Young began competing in the early 1930s and was promoted as one of only two cowgirl calf ropers in the world. She followed the rodeo
- [Mary Parks](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-parks/): Mary Parks began riding when she was big enough to sit in the saddle. She and her mother broke horses on their Colorado ranch, while her father ran a mercantile in town. She began riding in local rodeos, soon leaving the ranch to begin a career as a celebrated saddle bronc rider. She married Bill
- [Nancy Binford](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/nancy-binford/): Nancy Binford, one of the country’s premier horsewomen, won many horse shows, races, and cutting horse championships, but she is best remembered as co-producer, with Thena Mae Farr, of the Tri-State All-Girl Rodeos. Really “all-girl” from the contestants down to the judges, clowns and staff, the organization created opportunities for rodeo women not found in
- [Narcissa Prentiss Whitman](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/narcissa-prentiss-whitman/): As the new wife of a missionary to the Cayuse Indians in Oregon, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman was one of the first two white women to cross the Rocky Mountains. Her journals and letters provide historic insight into life on the frontier. The New York-born daughter of a judge, Whitman settled into a cabin in the
- [Reba Perry Blakely](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/reba-perry-blakely/): When she was a young child, Reba Perry Blakely learned to ride a horse because she had difficulty walking. From that start, she became an accomplished trick roper, rider and World Champion Relay Rider. She left rodeo to teach horsemanship, but with her interest in preserving rodeo history, Blakely became a recognized historical researcher, using
- [Vera McGinnis (Farra)](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/vera-mcginnis-farra/): Unlike many of her peers, Vera McGinnis (Farra) was not born on a ranch, but her athletic ability made her a natural when she discovered the rodeo. Beginning her career as an impromptu relay rider, she soon took up trick riding, bronc and bull riding and Roman racing, winning at all events. A celebrated rider,
- [Enid Justin](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/enid-justin/): Enid Justin was the daughter of legendary boot maker H.J. Justin. When her father died and Justin Boot Company moved to Fort Worth, she decided to remain in her hometown and start her own boot shop. Using the skills and knowledge she learned working for her father, Justin founded Nocona Boot Company. She made a
- [Fannie Sperry Steele](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/fannie-sperry-steele/): Fannie Sperry Steele took a lifelong fascination with horses and turned it into a rodeo career that included winning the title of World Champion bronc rider and headlining as a sharpshooter. Before she retired from rodeo, Steele and her husband organized their own Wild West show and a stock company, and toured the country. When
- [Faye Blesing](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/faye-blesing/): Faye Blesing started her career as a movie stuntwoman standing in for many female movie stars. She learned to trick ride and rope, put together an act with her brothers, and went on the rodeo circuit. Headlining the Madison Square Garden Championship Rodeo for seven years, Blesing, with her palomino, Flash, became a world-famous rodeo
- [Karen Vold](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/karen-vold/): The daughter of a rodeo clown, Karen Vold began trick riding at age ten and started a seventeen-year career. She was instrumental in forming “The Flying Cimarrons,” a group that brought trick riding back into prominence for several years. This group was an innovation for rodeo shows because it hired out as a complete act
- [Margie Greenough Henson](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/margie-greenough-henson/): Margie Greenough Henson began her rodeo career in 1929 with Jack King’s Wild West Rodeo. Growing up on a working ranch where she and her seven siblings learned to ride and rope as part of the daily chores, Henson became a champion bronc rider. Known as one of the “Riding Greenoughs,” Henson went on to
- [Tad Lucas](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/tad-lucas/): For a decade, Tad Lucas was known as the world’s best female rodeo performer. The youngest of 24 children, Lucas made her professional debut in 1917. She moved to Fort Worth soon after and began touring with Wild West shows. She first competed in trick riding in England. During her career, she collected all of
- [Bernice Walsh McLaughlin](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/bernice-walsh-mclaughlin/): Born in Canada in 1891, Bernice Walsh McLaughlin won the Canadian Rodeo Champion High Jump contest in 1911, setting a new record, on a borrowed cowpony. She was a natural horsewoman, winning numerous jumping contests and relay races. Raised doing ranch work, she and her husband homesteaded in New Mexico, and upon his death McLaughlin
- [Lucille Mulhall](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lucille-mulhall/): Lucille Mulhall was the best known Western performer of her era and was identified as a “cowgirl” before the term was widely used. She learned to ride and rope on her family’s Oklahoma ranch, and began her career performing in her father’s Wild West show and later becoming one of the first and most accomplished
- [Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/rhonda-sedgwick-stearns/): Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns grew up on a Wyoming ranch learning almost every aspect of ranching and rodeo life starting from the time she could first sit on a horse. She began young, winning her first horsemanship award at two, and went on to be a champion barrel racer, a rodeo queen, rodeo organist, published western
- [Sydna Yokley Woodyard](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sydna-yokley-woodyard/): Sydna Yokley Woodyard was one of the founders of the American Quarter Horse Association and a noted quarter horse breeder, but it was her rodeo career that brought her fame. Raised on a Texas ranch, she was a top-notch calf roper and trick rider in the 1940s and 1950s whose performances at Madison Square Garden
- [Mike Reid Settle (Higley)](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mike-reid-settle-higley/): Mike Reid Settle (Higley) excelled in the arena, riding in her first rodeo at five and winning her first barrel racing championship at thirteen. During her career, she won titles in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, including three collegiate titles and making the Ranch Girls’ finals four times at Fort Worth. Holding true to her
- [Blanche Altizer Smith](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/blanche-altizer-smith/): Born into a South Texas ranching family, Blanche Altizer Smith was an accomplished cowgirl with a devotion to the sport of rodeo. A champion calf roper, she appeared at all the major rodeos in Texas, frequently competing against the men. Smith was instrumental in the formation of the Girls Rodeo Association (GRA); she worked as
- [Jewel Frost Duncan](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jewel-frost-duncan/): Jewel Frost Duncan grew up on a West Texas ranch, where she learned to rope as part of her daily work life. She began to rope against men in local contests, becoming the first woman to compete at the Pecos rodeo in 1929, and was rodeo queen in 1935. Duncan and her friend, Isora DeRacy
- [Kathryn Cabbot Binford](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kathryn-cabbot-binford/): Kathryn Cabbot Binford moved to Texas from Illinois and married Gene Binford in 1910. Together, they forged a large ranch near Wildorado, stocking it with Hereford cattle, building fences, and farming a few acres. When Gene died in 1934, Binford raised their two daughters and managed the ranch alone, often driving wagons through the snow
- [Sacagawea](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sacagawea/): From the Lamhi Shoshone tribe of the Idaho area, Sacagawea was captured by the Hidatsa tribe in 1800, when she was about 12 years old. She lived with the Hidatsa (in the what is now North Dakota) before she was sold or gambled away as a slave to a French-Canadian trapper and trader, Toussaint Charbonneau
- [Alice Greenough Orr](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/alice-greenough-orr/): Though she grew up on a working ranch, Alice Greenough Orr's rodeo life began with Jack King's Wild West Show riding saddle broncs; she also did trick riding and occasionally rode bulls. Orr became an international rodeo star, performing in 46 states, Canada, Mexico, Spain, France, England, and Australia and winning four World Champion Saddle
- [Elenor "Sissy" Thurman](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/elenor-sissy-thurman/): Elenor "Sissy" Thurman began riding horses at five years old and competed in her first barrel race event at eleven. Born in Galveston, she served as rodeo queen for local rodeo and stock shows and was a tap dancer and teacher before she began to rodeo professionally. Sissy went on to become one of the
- [Jackie Worthington](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jackie-worthington/): Jackie Worthington was instrumental in the formation of the GRA; she helped to plan and found the association and served two terms as president. She learned to ride on her parent’s ranch, using everything from the milk-pen cows to the broodmares to train. Worthington's thirteen-year rodeo career saw 23 world championship wins. A graduate of
- [JJ Hampton](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jj-hampton/): JJ Hampton’s impressive career in rodeo is met by her passion for her family and community. Hard-working and naturally competitive with an innate talent for roping, she propelled to the top of the sport, where she has maintained a remarkable career spanning several decades. Born and raised in Stephenville, Texas, Hampton grew up immersed in
- [Kendra Santos](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kendra-santos/): Kendra Santos comes from a four-generation rodeo family and has dedicated her life and career to journalism within rodeo and western culture. Santos served long-term stints as the first-ever Professional Bull Riders Editor-in-Chief and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Director of Communications. This PRCA and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association Media Award winner takes great pride in
- [Gladys Roldán-de-Moras](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/gladys-roldan-de-moras/): Born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, Gladys Roldán-de-Moras is known for her paintings that spotlight Spanish and Latino culture. Her talent has landed her work in many private and public permanent collections, such as the Briscoe Western Art Museum, the University of Texas in San Antonio, the Desert Caballeros Western Museum, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma
- [Meggan Hill-McQueeney](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/meggan-hill-mcqueeney/): Meggan Hill-McQueeney’s passion for horses led her to competing, ranching, running various horse operations and coaching. She started two successful therapeutic riding programs, serving as a PATH International Master Level Instructor, a Special Olympics Coach, and a USEF Para Olympic Coach. Stepping into the leadership role in 2010, as President of BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding and
- [Annie Reynolds](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/annie-reynolds/): Annie Reynolds, from Idaho, is one of the most successful competitors, breeders, and owners in National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) history. She has made more than $1.75 million in lifetime NRCHA earnings, beginning in 1974. She won the Snaffle Bit Futurity Non Pro Championship a record eight times, and in 2012, she became an
- [Heidi Redd](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/heidi-redd/): Heidi Redd is an accomplished adventurer; skydiving led her to ranching. She is credited with co-creating an innovative partnership between working ranches and land conservation organizations. In 1967, Redd and her then-husband, Robert, purchased the Indian Creek Cattle Company and historic Dugout Ranch near Canyonlands National Park. They ran cattle on 5,200 acres of land
- [Gretel Ehrlich](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/gretel-ehrlich/): Gretel Ehrlich is a nature writer, novelist, essayist, and poet raised on a horse ranch in California. After working in film for 10 years, she began writing full-time while living on a Wyoming ranch in 1978. Her first of multiple books, The Solace of Open Spaces, is a collection of essays describing her love of
- [Sherry Wolfenbarger Cagan](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sherry-wolfenbarger-cagan/): Sherry Wolfenbarger Cagan is a horsewoman, philanthropist, and artist. She has won many cutting championships on horses bred and trained by her and her family on their farm in Kentucky. She initiated the Stanford Lyme Working Group, an interdisciplinary collaborative research program of a team of 30 esteemed scientists and physicians, including a dozen directors
- [Lavonna "Shorty" Koger](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lavonna-shorty-koger/): Lavonna “Shorty” Koger is an Oklahoma native with over 40 years of experience in restoration, fitting, sewing, and design of cowboy hats. A former rodeo contestant, she is now one of today’s leading industry hatters. She started Shorty’s Caboy Hattery in 1990 in the historic Stockyards City, OK; one of the few entirely woman-owned and
- [Miranda Lambert](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/miranda-lambert/): Miranda Lambert is a renowned country music superstar and gifted songwriter who started her career in local Texas bars and released her self-titled debut album independently in 2001. After paying her dues on the road, she was signed by Sony Music and has since released eight albums as well as three albums with her trio, Pistol Annies, and the 2021
- [Mayisha Akbar](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mayisha-akbar/): Raised in a government housing project in a partially rural area of Los Angeles, Mayisha Akbar always had a passion for animals, especially horses. After becoming a successful real estate broker, she found a place in a little-known agricultural area of Compton called Richland Farms and decided to move her family there. She soon established
- [Janell Kleberg](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/janell-kleberg/): A true cowgirl, Janell Kleberg has been involved with all aspects of ranch work, from breaking, training and showing horses with her husband to working cattle on properties in Texas, Brazil, Argentina, and Australia. She also captured the images for her book Waiting for Daylight: King Ranch: Images from the Past on horseback, working in
- [Stacie Dieb McDavid](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/stacie-dieb-mcdavid/): A businesswoman from an early age, Stacie Dieb McDavid opened and ran a franchise of 32 fitness centers across Texas and Florida by the age of 22. She is currently CEO of McDavid Investments Company, which involves real estate and investments, as well as overseeing the McDavid equine breeding/training/ranch operations. She is an avid competitor
- [Laura Wilson](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/laura-wilson/): From her early days working with Richard Avedon on his American West project, to her current interest in documenting the work of mountain lion hunters in Arizona, Laura Wilson’s photographic career has been wide ranging and far reaching, but always firmly rooted in the West: its land, its traditions, and its people. Her award-winning books,
- [RADM (ret.) Christina Alvarado Shanahan](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/radm-christina-alvarado-shanahan/): Rear Adm. (ret.) Alvarado Shanahan is a registered nurse and holds a Masters of Health Care Administration from the University of North Carolina. She has worked in the clinical areas of orthopedics, neurosurgery, and intensive care. Her Navy Reserve career began as a direct commissioned officer. She was called to active duty from 1990 to
- [Sherry Cervi](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/sherri-cervi/): Legendary cowgirl Sherry Cervi combined a competitive spirit with a strong work ethic from a very young age. Even as a child running barrels in her parents’ front yard on her stick horse, she was determined to do her best. That push to compete resulted in a career as the all-time highest earning cowgirl in
- [Mary Jane Colter](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-jane-colter/): Mary Jane Colter, one of the few female architects of her era, has eleven buildings on the National Register of Historic Places and five of these buildings have been designated National Historic Landmarks. Known for creating structures in harmony with the environment, she developed a style now referred to as “national park service rustic,” which
- [Esther Hobart Morris](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/esther-hobart-morris/): Hailed as a civil rights leader, Esther Hobart Morris made significant headway in the fight for women’s suffrage when her influential efforts made it possible for women to vote in the Wyoming Territory in 1869. Her triumph there set a course for equality that would not be fully realized in the rest of the United
- [Alice Van-Springsteen](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/alice-van-springsteen/): From her debut as a trick rider in 1930 through her later competitions in trick, fancy and relay riding, Alice Van-Springsteen performed in major rodeos from New York to Australia. A world champion trick rider, Van-Springsteen was only the second woman to receive a trainer’s license. She eventually began working in the movie industry, becoming
- [Eulalia "Sister" Bourne](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/eulalia-sister-bourne/): Eulalia "Sister" Bourne was a true Arizona pioneer. Overcoming tremendous hardships, she spent over forty years teaching in rural one-room schools in southern Arizona. She homesteaded ranching property in the 1930s, doing all the work herself on weekends and teaching during the week. Sister published four books based on her life experiences. She was named
- [Mitzi Lucas Riley](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mitzi-lucas-riley/): The daughter of Tad Lucas, Mitzi Lucas Riley was born into rodeo. She learned to ride before she could walk, and made her debut at six years old, filling in for her injured mother in a trick riding act. A daring rider, she routinely turned down offers from Hollywood while performing in rodeos from coast
- [Jonnie Jonckowski](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/jonnie-jonckowski/): An athlete her entire life, Jonnie Jonckowski tried bull riding for fun but found the sport could give her the challenge she desired and so took it up professionally. Jonckowski's competitive spirit helped her overcome many barriers to become a two-time world champion bull rider, paving the way for the women who followed her. Many
- [Margie Roberts Hart](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/margie-roberts-hart/): One of the top women bronc riders from the 1930s through the 1950s, Margie Roberts Hart broke horses for her father and neighbors while still in grade school. Her ability to ride rough stock led to winning the Ladies Bronc Riding Championship at Cheyenne in 1941 and a career as a trick rider. Retiring from
- [Nel Sweeten Cooper](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/nel-sweeten-cooper/): Nel Sweeten Cooper came to Arizona looking for adventure. She married a rancher and homesteaded one of the largest Mohair goat ranches in the state. After her husband died, she successfully managed the ranch as the only woman goat rancher in Arizona, converting it to a cattle ranch just as the prices for mohair began
- [Kathy Kennedy](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kathy-kennedy/): Like her father and grandfather, Kathy Kennedy was a roper. From early childhood, she dreamed of becoming the world’s best woman roper. Kennedy won her first rodeo event, team roping, at fourteen as the only female competitor. She won her first world title in 1977. Before her career was cut short by cancer, Kennedy became
- [Mary Fields](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/mary-fields/): Mary Fields was born enslaved in Tennessee in 1832. Post-emancipation, she worked at a convent. She later followed one of the nuns, Mother Amadeus, to Montana where she had set up a school for Indigenous girls in Montana yet had fallen gravely ill. Fields saved the freezing, starving students by hunting, farming, and hauling supplies
- [Kirsten Vold](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kirsten-vold/): Kirsten Vold began taking over the Vold Rodeo Company when she was just 25 years old and has managed to build on the legacy that her father began nearly six decades ago. She grew up on the road, ensconced in the world of the rodeo. Vold now spends more than 200 days each year on
- [Kathryn Kusner](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/kathryn-kusner/): Kathryn Kusner is an American equestrian and Olympic medalist in show jumping. She was one of the first women who rode for the United States Equestrian Team (USET) and the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in equestrian competition. Concurrent to her show jumping career, Kusner embarked on the chance to be a
- [Lari Dee Guy](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/lari-dee-guy/): Lari Dee Guy has won 11-consecutive AJRA world roping titles beginning at age nine. She is an eight-time Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) World Champion with more than $1.5 million in career earnings. With over 33 championship titles, Guy is the winningest female roper in the world. In 2013, Guy launched the “Rope Like A
- [Pop Chalee](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/pop-chalee/): Artist Pop Chalee was known for her influential and stylized depictions of forest scenes and wildlife, with graceful paintings of deer and horses. Chalee devoted herself to a flat, two-dimensional “traditional” style of Native American painting, but injected lighthearted imaginary touches that appealed to a wide audience of both adults and children. She was commissioned
- [Shirley Lucas Jauregui](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/shirley-lucas-jauregui/): Shirley Lucas Jauregui dreamed of owning and riding a horse while growing up on the edge of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Jauregui and her sister, Sharon, landed their first trick riding appearance at the 1948 Lakeside Rodeo followed by the Sheriff’s Rodeo at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The sister act juggled their nationally-known act, performing at the
- [Glenna Goodacre](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/glenna-goodacre/): A lifelong passion for portraying the human figure is reflected in the work of accomplished sculptor Glenna Goodacre. Her most well-known works include the Vietnam Women’s Memorial installed in Washington, D.C. in 1993, the Irish Memorial installed in downtown Philadelphia in 2003, and her rendering of Sacagawea that appeared on a new dollar coin issued by the U. S.
- [The Pack Horse Library Project](https://thecowgirl.org/hall-of-fame/the-pack-horse-library-project/): The Pack Horse Library Project ran from 1936 to 1943, with librarians on horseback traveling 10,000 square miles of rugged eastern Kentucky to provide reading materials to isolated families, some of the hardest hit by the Great Depression. Census data from 1930 shows the illiteracy rates for southeastern Kentucky were as high as 35%. The

## Collections

- [Book](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/book-7/)
- [Sculpture](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/sculpture-2/)
- [Painting](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/painting-4/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-2/)
- [Armband](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/armband-4/)
- [Card, Membership](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/card-membership-2/)
- [Quilt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/quilt/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard/)
- [Ledger](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/ledger/)
- [Card, Membership](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/card-membership/)
- [Spur](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/spur-2/)
- [Magazine](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/magazine-2/)
- [Bracelet, Charm](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/bracelet-charm/)
- [Painting](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/painting-2/)
- [Painting](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/painting-3/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-26/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-27/)
- [Book](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/book-6/)
- [Vest](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/vest/)
- [Watch](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/watch/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-24/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-25/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-22/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-23/)
- [Drawing, Technical](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/drawing-technical/)
- [Shirt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/shirt-5/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-19/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-20/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-21/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-15/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-16/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-17/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-18/)
- [Shoe](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/shoe-2/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-13/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-14/)
- [Medal](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/medal/)
- [Medal](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/medal-2/)
- [Sculpture](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/sculpture/)
- [Shoe](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/shoe/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-11/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt-10/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-12/)
- [Bracelet](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/bracelet/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-10/)
- [Hat, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/hat-cowboy-4/)
- [Program](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/program-6/)
- [Badge, Identification](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/badge-identification/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt-9/)
- [Blanket, Saddle](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/blanket-saddle/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-9/)
- [Painting](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/painting/)
- [Program](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/program-3/)
- [Program](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/program-4/)
- [Program](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/program-5/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-8/)
- [Program](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/program/)
- [Program](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/program-2/)
- [Book, Comic](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/book-comic/)
- [Spur](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/spur/)
- [Book](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/book-5/)
- [Study](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/study/)
- [Saddle](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/saddle/)
- [Tin](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/tin/)
- [Book](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/book-3/)
- [Book](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/book-4/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt-8/)
- [Gauntlet](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/gauntlet/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-7/)
- [Hat, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/hat-cowboy-3/)
- [Shirt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/shirt-3/)
- [Shirt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/shirt-4/)
- [Magazine](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/magazine/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-6/)
- [Jacket](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/jacket/)
- [Shirt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/shirt-2/)
- [Hat, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/hat-cowboy-2/)
- [Hat, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/hat-cowboy/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-4/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-5/)
- [Pin, Membership](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/pin-membership/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt-6/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt-7/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-3/)
- [Book](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/book-2/)
- [Pamphlet](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/pamphlet/)
- [Pin, Award](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/pin-award/)
- [Trophy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/trophy-3/)
- [Book](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/book/)
- [Bag](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/bag/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy-2/)
- [Armband](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/armband-3/)
- [Trophy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/trophy-2/)
- [Shirt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/shirt/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt-5/)
- [Trophy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/trophy/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt-4/)
- [Armband](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/armband/)
- [Armband](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/armband-2/)
- [Crown](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/crown/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt-2/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt-3/)
- [Buckle, Belt](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/buckle-belt/)
- [Boot, Cowboy](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/boot-cowboy/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-20/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-21/)
- [Photograph](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/photograph/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-17/)
- [Print, Photographic](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/print-photographic-3/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-18/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-19/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-13/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-14/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-15/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-16/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-10/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-11/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-12/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-7/)
- [Print, Photographic](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/print-photographic-2/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-8/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-9/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-4/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-5/)
- [Print, Photographic](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/print-photographic/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-6/)
- [Postcard](https://thecowgirl.org/collections/postcard-3/)

## Activities

- ["Toy Story 2"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/toy-story-2/)
- [Word Search](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/word-search/)
- ["Winter Days in the Big Woods"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/winter-days-in-the-big-woods/)
- ["Going to Town"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/going-to-town/)
- ["Trail Drive"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/trail-drive/)
- ["Shooting for the Moon"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/shooting-for-the-moon/)
- ["If I Had a Horse"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/if-i-had-a-horse/)
- ["Goodnight Fort Worth"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/goodnight-fort-worth/)
- ["The Three Little Cowgirls"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/the-three-little-cowgirls/)
- ["Toy Story 3"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/toy-story-3/)
- ["Toy Story"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/toy-story/)
- ["Lexie the Word Wrangler"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/lexie-the-word-wrangler/)
- ["My Name is Georgia"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/my-name-is-georgia/)
- ["A Little Prairie House"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/a-little-prairie-house/)
- ["The Original Cowgirl"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/the-original-cowgirl/)
- ["Finding Susie"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/finding-susie/)
- ["I Could Do That"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/i-could-do-that/)
- ["Every Cowgirl Needs Dancing Boots"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/every-cowgirl-needs-dancing-boots/)
- ["Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/every-cowgirl-needs-a-horse/)
- ["Sergeant Reckless the True Story of the Little Horse that Became a Hero"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/sergeant-reckless-the-true-story-of-the-little-horse-that-became-a-hero/)
- ["Wild Horse Annie"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/wild-horse-annie/)
- ["The Girl Who Thought in Pictures"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/the-girl-who-thought-in-pictures/)
- ["Little People, Big Dreams Georgia O'Keeffe"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/little-people-big-dreams-georgia-okeeffe/)
- ["I Wanna Be A Cowgirl"](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl/)
- [Boot Coloring Sheet](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/boot-coloring-sheet-copy/)
- [Horned Toad Coloring Sheet](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/horned-toad-coloring-sheet/)
- [Coffee Filter Poppies](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/coffee-filter-poppies/)
- [Toy Story Crafts](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/toy-story-crafts/)
- [Bison Coffee Art](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/bison-coffee-art/)
- [Paper Plate Embroidery](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/paper-plate-embroidery/)
- [Horse Marionette](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/horse-marionette/)
- [Yarn Dolls & Log Cabin Bird House](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/yarn-dolls/)
- [Mason Jar Lid Banjo](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/mason-jar-lid-banjo/)
- [Horse Finger Puppets](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/horse-finger-puppets/)
- [Cowgirl Crossword #2](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/cowgirl-crossword-2/)
- [Cowgirl Crossword #1](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/cowgirl-crossword-1/)
- [Word Corral](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/word-corral/)
- [Horse Coloring Sheet](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/horse-coloring-sheet/)
- [Western Coloring Sheet](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/western-coloring-sheet/)
- [Parts of a Horse](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/parts-of-a-horse/)
- [Callin' the Brand](https://thecowgirl.org/activities/callin-the-brand/)

## Categories

- [In the News](https://thecowgirl.org/news/category/in-the-news/)
- [Press Release](https://thecowgirl.org/news/category/press-release/)
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- [Post Format](https://thecowgirl.org/news/category/post-format/)

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## Category

- [Trailblazers & Pioneers](https://thecowgirl.org/honorees-category/trailblazers-pioneers/)
- [Artists and Writers](https://thecowgirl.org/honorees-category/artists-and-writers/)
- [Entertainers](https://thecowgirl.org/honorees-category/entertainers/)
- [Champions & Competitive Performers](https://thecowgirl.org/honorees-category/champions-competitive-performers/)
- [Stewards of the Land & Livestock](https://thecowgirl.org/honorees-category/stewards-of-the-land-livestock/)
- [Contributors to the Cowgirl Legacy](https://thecowgirl.org/honorees-category/contributors-to-the-cowgirl-legacy/)

## Category

- [Objects](https://thecowgirl.org/collection-category/objects/)
- [Photographs](https://thecowgirl.org/collection-category/photographs/)

## Ages

- [5 & Under](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-age/5-under/)
- [6-10](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-age/6-10/)
- [11-13](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-age/11-13/)
- [14+](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-age/14/)
- [All Ages](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-age/all-ages/)
- [8-11](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-age/8-11/)
- [10-12](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-age/10-12/)

## Categories

- [Crafts](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-type/crafts/)
- [Storytimes](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-type/storytimes/)
- [Coloring & Activity Sheets](https://thecowgirl.org/activities-type/coloring-activity/)