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Texas Women and Ranching:
On the Range, at the Rodeo,
and in Their Communities

Deborah M. Liles and Cecilia Gutierrez Venable, eds.

Women in Texas History Series.

(College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2019)
Pp. 173. Illustrated.
ISBN:
978-1-62349-739-2.
Hardcover, $32.00.

Review by Dr. Kirk Bane

May 26, 2019
In the summer of 2016, Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls hosted a popular symposium, "Women Ranchers in Texas." Dr. Leland Turner, organizer of the conference, asserted, "These were women who could ride and work cattle. They were all living in a time and place when it was out of the ordinary to do what they did." This engaging book, ably edited by Tarleton State University Professor Deborah M. Liles and archivist Cecilia Gutierrez Venable, traces its genesis to the Midwestern meeting.

Comprised of an introduction and nine chapters, this volume covers a wide range of subjects. Topics include "Tejanas and Ranching: Maria Calvillo and Her Ranching Enterprises," "In Search of Lucinda: Women in the Cattle Industry in Early Texas," "Cornelia Adair: Transatlantic Panhandle Rancher," "Mabel Doss, Mary Ketchum Meredith, and the Texas Fence-Cutting Wars," and "Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg East: Loving the Land." The women discussed in this study "came from varied backgrounds, personal circumstances, and economic and educational levels, and enjoyed different levels of success, but each of them nonetheless made her mark on history and, in so doing, greatly enriched the ranching heritage of Texas." Readers may recognize many of the anthology's distinguished contributors, including Dr. Light Townsend Cummins (retired Guy M. Bryan Professor of History at Austin College and former State Historian, 2009-2012); Dr. Alex Hunt (Haley Professor of Western Studies at West Texas A&M University and founding director of the Center for the Study of the American West); and Dr. Jean A. Stuntz (Regents Professor of History at West Texas A&M University).

Texas Women and Ranching will appeal to a wide audience, including academics and lay historians interested in women's history, western history, and Lone Star history. In short, with this commendable publication, the editors and their impressive team of scholars have made a significant contribution in several fields.


Dr. Kirk Bane,
Book Review Editor,
Central Texas Studies

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