Women Ranchers Series

Bonnie McCarroll won numerous awards throughout her life in Bronc Riding, including Madison Square Gardens Rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days, and the Pendleton Roundup. It was this event that led to her demise in 1929. Join me as I discuss this amazing woman with Ann Ayres, an accomplished woman in her own right. She wrote a book about Bonnie, and sculpted a statue of her which stands in the National...

"In 1889, a young spunky British woman of genteel upbringing set sail for the United States—against her family's wishes." This podcast is about that woman, Evelyn Cameron. Lorna Milne, the author of "Evelyn Cameron, Photographer of the Western Prairie," discusses her as "the resourceful, hard working, observant, artistic, adaptable" woman that she was on the Montana prairie. Evelyn fell in love wi...

The Orphan Mother of the Plains, as described by Jane Little Botkin, about Mary Ann Goodnight. Jane's book, The Breath of a Buffalo, Mary Ann Goodnight, shares Mary’s story which "has never been told, though it was she, not her famous husband, whose continuing actions preserved the Southern American Bison herd from extinction." https://janelittlebotkin.com/2024/03/i-accepted-a-challenge-researchin...

Born in the Barker mining district of central Montana Territory, Rose Beatrice Gordon (1883-1968) was the daughter of an African American chef and an emancipated slave who migrated to the West in the early 1880s. As a Black woman in the West, Gordon’s life was ordinary in terms of its day-to-day struggles but extraordinary in its sum. Her story offers unique insights into the Black experience in t...

Margaret Borland outlived 3 husbands, and took over 2,000 head of cattle from Texas to Kansas in 1873. She did this journey taking her children and a grandchild. She had true grit and determination, but passed the night of their arrival in Kansas, before any of her herd was sold. Join me as I learn more about Margaret, and the author Linda Broday. Linda is a New York Times and USA Today bestsellin...

A historical monograph honoring extraordinary women who forged resilient lives on the land – overseeing acreage, tending farms, stewarding livestock, and pursuing sustainable agriculture – while balancing motherhood and independent struggles. Their journeys reveal enduring self-reliance, perseverance, and ingenuity. The narrative blends historical context, voices from the women themselves, expert...

Connie spent her life devoted to sharing her love of horses and riding with generations of girls. While she earned her law degree early on and had aspirations of following in her father's footsteps as a judge, she never practiced and chose a cowgirl's life dedicated to her cowboy husband, their ranch, and those she taught to ride. She was honored in her lifetime with The Free Spirit Award, the Che...