Wyoming State Office
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Presenter Explores Wyoming's Rodeo Women
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will present a Women's History Month program on March 15 at 1 p.m. at the BLM building, 5353 Yellowstone, Cheyenne. The public is invited.
Melanie O’Hara will explore the athleticism of early women rodeo competitors. Her talk, “Wyoming Rodeo Gals,” is presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council and sponsored by BLM.
O’Hara’s presentation investigates the unique social forces that evolved as a result of Wyoming rodeo gals, the new type of woman in the late nineteenth century who moved out west, rode a horse astride and became essentially Wyoming’s first woman athletes.
O’Hara’s presentation is offered by the Wyoming Humanities Council through its Humanities Forum. The Wyoming Humanities Council provides public humanities-based programs in partnership with local organizations and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information, call Donna Shaffer, (307) 775-6009.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2012, activities on public lands generated $4.6 billion in revenue, much of which was shared with the States where the activities occurred. In addition, public lands contributed more than $112 billion to the U.S. economy and helped support more than 500,000 jobs.
Wyoming State Office 5353 Yellowstone Cheyenne, WY 82009