Fannie Sperry Steele
Fannie Sperry Steele (March 27, 1887 – February 11, 1983), born Fannie Sperry, was an American
Biography
Born Fannie Sperry on March 27, 1887 in the Beartooth Mountains to Rachel and Datus Sperry, Fannie was a first-generation Montanan. She was taught to ride by the time she could walk by her mother Rachel, since her father was prevented from riding by an old injury.[3][4][5]
The only woman rider of the time to ride her entire career without tying her stirrups under the horse’s belly (a practice rodeo judges allowed for women only), Sperry Steele inherited her love of horses, especially
She married Bill Steele, a fellow rodeo rider and
Sperry Steele competed for the last time in 1925 at Bozeman, and continued riding exhibition into her 50s.
See also
- Bonnie McCarroll
- Annie Oakley
- Calamity Jane
- Lucille Mulhall
- May Lillie
- Ruth Roach
References
- ^ a b "Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductees". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ a b "Fannie Sperry Steele". Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Fannie Sperry Steele". Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 9781586857455.
- ^ ISBN 9781493017317.
- ^ a b Puhek, Lenore McKelvey (June 12, 2006). "Fannie Sperry Made the Ride of Her Life". HistoryNet.com. Weider History Group. Retrieved November 15, 2011.