Cowgirls from across the country gathered in Fort Worth, Texas, to honor 2023’s National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inductees.
Five women were inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in November 2023 at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, Texas: Mary Fields, Meggan Hill-McQueeney, Annie Reynolds, Gladys Roldán-De-Moras, and Kendra Santos. There are more than 200 women in the Hall of Fame who have made or are making a lasting impact within Western culture. Actors, entrepreneurs, and other Western movers and shakers came to experience the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Miss Rodeo Texas Brylee Johnson, Miss Rodeo America 2023 Kennadee Riggs, and Miss Rodeo North Carolina 2023 Rachel Gagliardi.
Jamie Steiner, Jessica Pounds, and Nicole Sheridan.
Patricia Kelly and daughter Heather Lawson; Kelly accepted the inductee award on behalf of Mary Fields (1832-1914) the first Black woman to be employed as a Star Route postwoman in the United States.
Bobbie Gough and Shorty Koger.
Lainey Wilson received an honor at this year's Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Summer, Brenda, and Megan Gay are a part of the family-owned and -operated Rafter G Rodeo company.
Emmy and Tony award winners Sainty Nelsen and husband, Eric Nelsen, who plays Ennis in 1883.
Learn more about the Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame at cowgirl.net/hall-of-fame.
From our April 2024 issue.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Courtesy Walt Burns
