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Wild Women Of The West: Ellis Meredith

Ellis Meredith was the daughter of pioneers. Born in Montana Territory, in 1865, she was the daughter of Emily R. Meredith, a well-known advocate for woman suffrage, and Frederick Allison, a journalist. The family had been drawn to the gold-rush boomtown and territorial capital of Bannack Montana, living there for a couple of years before...

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Wild Women Of The West: Ethel Berry

By Chris Enss

Bitterly cold snow flurries pelted the determined features of twenty-one-year-old Ethel Berry’s face as she drove her dog sled over the Chilkoot Pass in Alaska. Clad in a pair of men’s mackinaw breeches and moccasins, she cracked her whip over the team of animals hauling an enormous mound of supplies behind them. Ethel was slowly...

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Wild Women Of The West: Alice Sisty

By Chris Enss

A hush fell over the large crowd at the rodeo arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, in July 1938 as daredevil rider Alice Sisty raced into the arena atop two English jumpers. She was standing on the backs of the animals with one foot on one horse and the other foot on the second mount,...

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Wild Women Of The West: Mildred Douglas

By Chris Enss

When twenty-four-year-old Mildred Douglas rode a steer in the Garden City, Kansas, rodeo in 1919, it was a big deal. Never before had a woman ever ridden a steer in competition, but Douglas was no ordinary woman. Born in Philadelphia on August 21, 1895, Mildred knew at the age of seven what she wanted to...

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Wild Women Of The West: Dorothy Morrell

By Chris Enss

“I rode my first horse on a bet,” admitted World Champion cowgirl Dorothy Morrell in 1917. “That I am champion woman rider of the world today was due to an accident, or rather a dare.” At the age of twenty-four Dorothy attended a wild west exhibition in Fresno and was mesmerized by the women bronc...

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Wild Women Of The West: A Fashionable Encounter

By Chris Enss

A hot July breeze skidded across the banks of the Green River south of Fort Bridger, Wyoming. The clear water flowed swiftly past a grove of trees, waving with the wind. The grass on both sides of the river was spangled with flowers. Elizabeth Graves, a handsome woman in her late 40s, was decorating a...

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Wild Women Of The West: Ava Kurth

By Chris Enss

Boards, automotive parts, and motorboat engines blocked the main entrance of a majestic home in Ogden, Utah, known as the White Mansion. Every inch of the yard surrounding the house was crowded with engines, windshield, tools, and tires. The interior of the house was in the same condition. It was difficult for residents living near...

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Wild Women Of The West: Flora Mundis

By Chris Enss

Tom King followed five spirited, fast-moving horses into a dense line of trees seven miles outside the town of Fredonia, Kansas. It was a stifling-hot August day in 1894. Low-hanging branches on brown, thirsty trees slapped at the criminal and his horse as they sped by. Sweat foamed around the animal’s neck and hindquarters. Tom,...

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Wild Women Of The West: Enid Justin

By Chris Enss

Thirty-two-year-old Enid Justin drove her Model T Ford into the small town of Jacksboro, Texas, in early 1926, determined to sell her quality, handmade cowboy boots to the mercantile owners there. As the head of the newly formed Nocona Boot Company, the tenacious woman knew what needed to be done to make her brand a...

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Wild Women Of The West: Lucy Hobbs

By Chris Enss

A steady parade of distinguished, well-dressed men and women marched into a massive community center and joined the crowd already in the building making their ways from one elaborate exhibit to another. The attendance at the annual Ohio Mechanics’ Institute Fair in Cincinnati on September 19, 1860, was overwhelming. A small orchestra serenaded visitors as...

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Wild Women Of The West: Ellis Meredith

Wild Women Of The West: Ethel Berry

Wild Women Of The West: Alice Sisty

Wild Women Of The West: Mildred Douglas

Wild Women Of The West: Dorothy Morrell

Wild Women Of The West: A Fashionable Encounter

Wild Women Of The West: Ava Kurth

Wild Women Of The West: Flora Mundis

Wild Women Of The West: Enid Justin

Wild Women Of The West: Lucy Hobbs

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Wild Women of the West: Nellie Cashman

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