Cowgirl History

Cuba, Fabian

Period 6, English

September 13, 2015

Importance of Cowgirls

A cowgirl is a women who herds cattle and performs all the same task as a cowboy does, just that the only difference is that this time it is a woman who does these chores instead. They played an important role in our society in the olden times, because they were like female heroines. Even though no really liked the cowgirls and the people jeered them, the brave cowgirls persevered through all of these inconveniences and did what made them happy. In society cowgirls were expelled because woman were to be comely dressed and the cowgirls broke this assimilation therefore they were excluded from society. Of course, there were cowgirl legends that existed and that were amazing women and helped in the contribution to society.

The most legendary or most ideal cowgirl is Susan McSween for various recurring reason. The question asked who would be the most ideal; it would be her because she was the queen of the cattle. She gained this title because she owned over 8,000 head of cattle and that is the most common things for cowgirls to do. She was brave and strong enough to get through all the tough times because her husband was murdered and she got through by buying a ranch. With the ranch she slowly bough a lot of cattle and made money off of them and then bought more cattle. As she knew she needed more money she kept her cattle business going and then started selling estates to people and there she gained a lot of money. She was extremely successful with all the things she did in her life. Therefore, she is an ideal cowgirl and was a good successful one as well.

It was legendary to be a cowgirl in our old western society because of the things they did for us and how they broke the laws of society and were braver than most females at the time they shaped our society into something different. Since they did their job right, they provided...