02544nam 2200589 a 450 991081750980332120230207213229.01-57441-495-X1-283-92522-20-585-25689-6(CKB)111004365747410(EBL)1021401(OCoLC)922904087(SSID)ssj0000131641(PQKBManifestationID)11142956(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131641(PQKBWorkID)10015753(PQKB)10553930(MiAaPQ)EBC1021401(OCoLC)45733825(MdBmJHUP)muse22677(Au-PeEL)EBL1021401(CaPaEBR)ebr10658309(CaONFJC)MIL423772(EXLCZ)9911100436574741019900517d1990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe cowgirls[electronic resource] /by Joyce Gibson Roach ; [preface by C.L. Sonnichsen ; afterword by Elmer Kelton]2nd ed., rev. and enl.Denton University of North Texas Press19901 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-929398-15-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-249) and index.section I. Through a glass darkly : women of cattle country -- section II. Face to face : the commercial cowgirls -- section III. Beyond reality : distorted images -- section IV. The cowboy's point of view.An important chapter in the history and folklore of the West is how women on the cattle frontier took their place as equal partners with men. The cowboy may be our most authentic folk hero, but the cowgirl is right on his heels. This Spur Award winning book fills a void in the history of the cowgirl. While Susan B. Anthony and her hoop-skirted friends were declaring that females too were created equal, Sally Skull was already riding and roping and marking cattle with her Circle S brand on the frontier of Texas. Wearing rawhide bloomers and riding astride, she thought nothing of crossing the boCowgirlsWest (U.S.)West (U.S.)Social life and customsCowgirls978/.02/0922Roach Joyce Gibson1634731MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817509803321The cowgirls3975086UNINA