CROSSING THE FRONTIERS OF...

To Cowgirls everywhere:

There are many women who have been forgotten -- their achievements unrecognized, their importance minimized or ignored. This is not a feminist dialectic -- it is merely a statement of fact. It's not meant to minimize the achievements and successes of men -- or, for that matter, of any other group. But this site will focus on women.

This is part of a series, THE AMERICAN HEROINE SERIES &reg, which celebrates the accomplishments of women who've crossed the Frontiers in all arenas: Art, Literature, Science, Politics, Government, Education and Academics, Business and the Professions... as well as the Western Frontier. And it's to the West we'll go first.

There is nothing more American than the West. And the icon of the West has been the Cowboy. Until now. Until two years ago, the only Cowgirls I knew about were Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, Dale Evans, and Sky King's niece, Penny.

Although there have been over a dozen "Western" films in the last year, with all due respect, the women have been portrayed as ancilliary figures: weary matriarchs, demure maidens, schoolmarms, or as sullied bad girls, unsavory bar girls or girl's in men's clothing. I didn't know that the word, "COWGIRL" was coined to describe Lucille Mulhall, the original "Cowgirl" [the credit is given to President Teddy Roosevelt.]

I didn't know the names of the other cowgirls you'll learn about in the pages of YESTERDAY.. A TIMELINE of events and people is included to give you a context; we'll focus on a specific year in A YEAR TO REMEMBER In TODAY, we'll have some interesting features about the PIONEERS of TODAY. Who knows what TOMORROW will bring? Crossing Frontiers...wherever you find them. Take a look at the CATALOGUE.

Where we go next is up to you. Feel free to contribute, suggest, criticize and praise. Much of this is based in fact, based on scholarly research, some is from imagination ... but all of this is based in truth. We can ignore or distort the acts; we can criticize or discount the fiction. But we must never ignore the truth. Whether you're a cowgirl in fact, or in fantasy, whether you cross your Frontiers to wild applause or to complete silence, Ride'em buckaroos!

Remember the motto of the Pendleon Rodeo [quoted in the East Oregonian in 1911].

"When things do not go right with you, when the circumstances seem to be against you and Fate deals you a blow between the eyes, remember what the cowboys say in the great Northwest. Just grit your teeth, get another hold and let'er buck!"

 

 

 

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