Author Lynn Downey: “Ranchers, Dudines, Writers, and Riders: The Story of Women in Dude Ranching”
Dude ranches got started in the 1880s as rustic places for men to stay when they came out West from England and the east coast for hunting trips. By the early 20th century dude ranching had become a thriving business, which needed women to keep it going. Women ran ranches with their husbands, or opened […]