What Forced Rodeo Cowgirls Out of the Arena in 1929? | True West

Trailer from Steve Wursta's documentary, "From Cheyenne to Pendleton: The Rise and Fall of the Rodeo Cowgirl." This preview documents how Bonnie McCarroll's 1929 death at the Pendleton Round-Up was just the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to forcing out women's competitions in rodeo.
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[@ccclc6159]

my aunt was paid to ride bulls in exhibition shows, and women can still enter any event they want in open rodeos, the problem is few if any can be competitive with men in the bucking events, as far as I know, no woman has ever been able to earn a card in the PRCA in any rough stock event

[@chrishartwig5230]

My great aunt Louise Hartwig competed at the same time until she was killed by a bull in Chicago.

[@bscondict]

They done her in !

[@SwitchingReins]

I would love to see women competing with men at the round up. If they can make it into that rodeo they aren't going to get thrown like yard darts. I'm sure with the traditional take that pendelton does the crowd would welcome women into at least equine roughstock events. If it really hurts your feelings maybe they can let men barrel race.

[@alan30189]

No, they will get thrown like a javelin. Women are a lot lighter. Some of the horses probably didn’t even know they had a mount!! Also, women have certain advantages in certain sports. They bring up swimming the English channel example. Well, the English channel is cold as hell, year-round. Women have a thicker layer of fat under their skin, that men don’t have. Therefore, a woman is not going to get worn out as quickly as a man swimming the English channel. Plus, you have to find someone crazy enough to do it, and that someone may not have been the best swimmer in the world. Come on, man. Look it up. Have you ever wondered why women can’t beat men in the 1500 meter swimming event at the Olympics? Well, for one, the water is a lot warmer.
Men’s record: 14:31:02
Women’s record: 15:20:48

[@lukesnare8063]

Women do not belong in men's culture and men who allow it is why the world is the way it is

[@alan30189]

Women have certain advantages in certain sports. They bring up women swimming the English Channel, as a poor example. Well, the English channel is cold as hell, year-round. Women have a thicker layer of fat under their skin, that men don’t have. Therefore, a woman is not going to get worn out as quickly as a man swimming the English channel. Plus, you have to find someone crazy enough to do it, and that someone may not have been the best swimmer in the world. Come on, man. Look it up. Have you ever wondered why women can’t beat men in the 1500 meter swimming event at the Olympics? Well, for one, the water is a lot warmer.
Men’s record: 14:31:02
Women’s record: 15:20:48
Who wants a bunch of busted up women all over the place. Riding a bucking bronco is serious stuff, that not even a lot of men can handle. Women just aren’t strong enough, not only to hold on, but to get slammed into the ground hard, repeatedly. Women are a lot lighter. Some of the horses probably didn’t even know they had a mount!! 😂🤣😉

[@ccclc6159]

that layer of fat also offers extra floatation