There have been few pictures of this cowgirl circulating on social media. She's Roman riding while jumping over a car, but this isn't the only incredible thing this cowgirl did. Listen to find out more!

If you have any recommendations for cowgirls to feature in future episodes, please email chroniclesofthecowgirl@gmail.com

Sources:

Enss, C. (2022). Along Came a Cowgirl: Daring and Iconic Women of the Rodeo and Wild West Shows, Farcountry Press

https://app.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-alice-s/76089208/?locale=en-US

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-alice-sisty-obit-9-12-1/25493525/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-alice-sisty-tough-as-na/25503089/

https://www.facebook.com/dunellenhistoryproject/posts/dunellens-alice-may-sisty-is-a-legend-in-the-rodeo-world-but-i-had-never-heard-o/353299662161461/

Lizzie Johnson Williams is known as the Texas Cattle Queen because she was a successful cattlewoman who drove her cattle branded with her own brand up the Chisholm trail from Texas to sell them in Kansas. Learn more about this pioneering entrepreneur in this episode.

If you have any recommendations for cowgirls to feature in future episodes, please email chroniclesofthecowgirl@gmail.com

Sources:

https://americancowboy.com/people/lizzie-johnson-texas-cattle-queen/

https://www.austintexas.gov/blog/elizabeth-lizzie-johnson-williams

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/williams-elizabeth-ellen-johnson-lizzie

Schwartz, H. E. (2013). Lizzie Johnson Texan Cowgirl, Teacher Created Materials Inc.

Mary Fields was the first African American to carry mail on a Star Route for the United States Post Office Department and the second woman to receive a Star Route contract. She was in her early 60's when she started this work. Her story is quite incredible.

If you have a cowgirl you'd like me to focus on in an upcoming episode, please email me chroniclesofthecowgirl@gmail.com

Sources:

• Metcalf McConnell, Miantae (2016). Deliverance Mary Fields, First African American Woman Star Route Mail Carrier in the United States: A Montana History
• https://www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/maryfields/

• https://postalmuseum.si.edu/stagecoach-mary-fields

• https://www.nps.gov/people/mary-fields.htm

• https://montanacowboyfame.org/inductees/2015/5/mary-stagecoach-mary-fields

• https://www.history.com/news/meet-stagecoach-mary-the-daring-black-pioneer-who-protected-wild-west-stagecoaches

• https://www.history.com/news/meet-stagecoach-mary-the-daring-black-pioneer-who-protected-wild-west-stagecoaches