When twenty-four-year-old Mildred Douglas rode a steer in the Garden City, Kansas, rodeo in 1919, it…
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Wild Women Of The West: Florence LaDue
Twenty-nine-year-old Florence LaDue laid on her back in the middle of a rodeo arena in Alberta, Cana…
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Wild Women Of The West: Dorothy Morrell
“I rode my first horse on a bet,” admitted World Champion cowgirl Dorothy Morrell in 1917. “Th…
Wild Women Of The West: Pearl Biron
The crowd attending the John Robinson’s Circus in Clarksdale, Mississippi, swelled around the rode…
Wild Women Of The West: Peggy Warren
On Saturday, July 1, 1916, at the Passing of the West rodeo in Butte, Montana, it appeared all the w…
Wild Women Of The West: Ava Kurth
Boards, automotive parts, and motorboat engines blocked the main entrance of a majestic home in Ogde…
Wild Women Of The West: The Denton Journal
Among the top stories that made the front page of the June 21, 1873, edition of the Denton Journal i…
Wild Women Of The West: Hannah Gould
The crew and passengers aboard the steamship the City of Columbia stood huddled together on the floo…
Wild Women Of The West: Mercer Belles
The steamship Continental pitched and rolled as it traveled over the rough waters of the Pacific Oce…
Wild Women Of The West: Flora Mundis
Tom King followed five spirited, fast-moving horses into a dense line of trees seven miles outside t…
Wild Women Of The West: Enid Justin
Thirty-two-year-old Enid Justin drove her Model T Ford into the small town of Jacksboro, Texas, in e…
Wild Women Of The West: Ellis Meredith
Ellis Meredith was the daughter of pioneers. Born in Montana Territory, in 1865, she was the daughte…
Wild Women Of The West: Esther Hobart Morris
Esther Hobart Morris carefully arranged borrowed chairs and warmed borrowed teacups as she prepared …
Wild Women Of The West: Ethel Berry
Bitterly cold snow flurries pelted the determined features of twenty-one-year-old Ethel Berry’s fa…
Wild Women Of The West: Alice Sisty
A hush fell over the large crowd at the rodeo arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, in July 1938 as daredev…
Wild Women Of The West: Mildred Douglas
When twenty-four-year-old Mildred Douglas rode a steer in the Garden City, Kansas, rodeo in 1919, it…
Wild Women Of The West: Laura Keene
More than 150 years have passed since President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed at Ford’s Thea…
Wild Women Of The West: Lillian Russell
The green, silk robe shimmered in the light of the dressing room. Adjusting the neckline, Lill…
Wild Women Of The West: Sarah Bernhardt
The pliant figure leaned over the ship’s rail, expressive eyes intent on the blue-green waters…