Women’s History Western Americana Cowgirl Archive Depicting Armed Women Riders 1880s–1920
Cowgirl imagery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century American visual culture documents the public fascination with women performers and riders associated with rodeo culture, Wild West exhibitions, and frontier mythology. Eighteen postcards dating from approximately the 1880s through the early 1920s depict cowgirls mounted on horseback performing actions associated.....
