词条 | Fannie Sperry Steele |
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BiographyBorn 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 Pintos, from her mother Rachel. She won several awards for her riding in professional rodeos during her lifetime, including Women's Bucking Horse Champion of Montana in 1904 at the age of 17, and Lady Bucking Horse Champion of the World of the first Calgary Stampede rodeo in 1912,[6] where hundreds of cowboys from Western Canada, the United States and Mexico competed for thousands of dollars in prizes. In the Calgary Stampede, Sperry Steele had ridden the horse Red Wing, a wild bronc who had trampled fellow rider Joe LaMar to death only days earlier.[3] She married Bill Steele, a fellow rodeo rider and arena clown, on April 30, 1913, and together they began operating their own Wild West show and performed with the Miller Brothers' 101 Wild West Show and the Irwin Brothers' Wild West Show. Besides her horsemanship, Sperry Steele was also skilled with a rifle. During their shows, she would often shoot cigars out of her husband's mouth.[6][4] Sperry Steele competed for the last time in 1925 at Bozeman, and continued riding exhibition into her 50s.[3] Fannie and Bill became stock contractors near Helena, providing horses and bulls for rodeos all over the West. She also became one of four women in the US who were licensed outfitter-guides. She did not completely retire from riding until 1974, at the age of 87, when she entered a rest home in Helena, Montana.[4] In 1975, she became the first woman inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame and in 1978, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame. She died on February 11, 1983.[7] See also
References1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/awards-halls-of-fame/rodeo-hall-of-fame-inductees/|title=Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductees - National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum|work=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum|access-date=18 April 2017|language=en-US}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sperry Steel, Fannie}}2. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/fannie-sperry-steele/|title=Fannie Sperry Steele - Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum|work=Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum|access-date=18 April 2017|language=en-US}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Fannie Sperry Steele|url=http://www.montanacowboyfame.com/151001/212901.html|work=Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame|accessdate=15 November 2011}} 4. ^1 2 {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CLfL-2_RRyUC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=Fannie+Sperry+Steele+obituary&source=bl&ots=89p263ytn5&sig=wkUDTY4SNv4QcPnlI-lkbbkN5gM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbwdGPgrPbAhXMzlkKHRN2Cbs4ChDoAQhDMAc#v=onepage&q=Fannie%20Sperry%20Steele%20obituary&f=false|title=Wild Ride: The History and Lore of Rodeo|last=Bernstein|first=Joel H.|date=2007|publisher=Gibbs Smith|isbn=9781586857455|language=en}} 5. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3CoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=Fannie+Sperry+Steele+obituary&source=bl&ots=wBYPKrnSXZ&sig=lqhZJuxrLubh1Cf3Eb1d2Ef2604&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi924bWgrPbAhWBo1kKHQaQDj04FBDoAQgoMAA#v=onepage&q=Fannie%20Sperry%20Steele%20obituary&f=false|title=Lady Rode Bucking Horses: The Story of Fannie Sperry Steele, Woman of the West|last=Marvine|first=Dee|date=2015-10-05|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781493017317|language=en}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|last=Puhek|first=Lenore McKelvey|title=Fannie Sperry Made the Ride of Her Life|url=http://www.historynet.com/fannie-sperry-made-the-ride-of-her-life.htm|work=HistoryNet.com|publisher=Weider History Group|accessdate=15 November 2011}} 7. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3CoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=Fannie+Sperry+Steele+obituary&source=bl&ots=wBYPKrnSXZ&sig=lqhZJuxrLubh1Cf3Eb1d2Ef2604&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi924bWgrPbAhWBo1kKHQaQDj04FBDoAQgoMAA#v=onepage&q=Fannie%20Sperry%20Steele%20obituary&f=false|title=Lady Rode Bucking Horses: The Story of Fannie Sperry Steele, Woman of the West|last=Marvine|first=Dee|date=2015-10-05|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781493017317|language=en}} 7 : 1887 births|1983 deaths|American cattlemen|Horse-related professions and professionals|Wild West shows|Saddle bronc riders|Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductees |
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