Women competed at the first indoor rodeo event at the Fort Worth, Texas, Coliseum in 1918. By 1920, they were participating in rodeos as relay racers, rough stock riders and trick riders. In 1928, one ...

Women have been in rodeo since rodeo began but, as has happened so often, as the sport began gaining popularity, women were pushed out. Maybe it was because cowboys couldn’t bear to be bested by ...