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American rodeo cowgirl

Fannie Sperry Steele (March 27, 1887 – February 11, 1983), born Fannie Sperry, was an American bronc rider and rodeo performer from Montana.

On a homestead north of Helena, Fannie Sperry was born on March 27, Her mom, a German immigrant, taught the five kids to ride.

Fannie Sperry Steele, born Fannie Sperry, was an American bronc rider and rodeo performer from Montana.

Fannie Sperry Steele ( – ).

Collection: United States Federal Census · Birth: Mar - Montana, United States · Residence: - Township N.

Fannie Sperry Steele (), born Fannie Sperry, was an award-winning bronc rider and rodeo performer from Montana.

She was one of the first women inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum^[1] in 1975, and the first Montana native in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 1978.^[2]

Biography

Born 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.

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