Life can take us down many paths. How does a German stone carver's daughter go from sculpting the European elite to sculpting Texas heroes? First came tenacity, then talent, then tuberculosis. Around the turn of the 19th century, the tuberculosis death rate worldwide was estimated at 7 million people a year, so tuberculosis definitely could … Continue reading The Wild Woman Sculptor of European Elite & Texas Heroes #CowboyKisses

Happy New Year...a couple of weeks after the day! The start of a New Year (or even the start of a new month or week) is a great time to make resolutions or create lists of dreams/goals we want to achieve. I believe that planning how I will achieve my dreams/goals is essential. So is … Continue reading The Wild Woman Sculptor of President Lincoln #CowboyKisses

Towns like Tombstone have histories full of gunfighters and gamblers, but what about lawyers? With all the lawbreaking going on, there must have been a few law practitioners. In fact, during its heyday, Tombstone had more attorneys than any other city in the Arizona Territory. One of them was Sarah Herring Sorin, a New York … Continue reading The Wild Woman Lawyer who made history in Tombstone #CowboyKisses

Prepare to get flowery or...plant-y! I love flowers, plants, trees, and— Well, maybe I should just say, I love botany. And I also love reading about real-life Wild Women of the West who pursued their love for botany ❤️ Alice Eastwood was one of those women. She lived in Canada, Colorado, and California...traveled from Alaska … Continue reading The Wild Woman who entered a Burning Building to Save Plants #CowboyKisses

Can you imagine having a mountain named after you? Or being responsible for a flower becoming a state flower? Sara Plummer Lemmon accomplished both feats with no formal training in botany. Here's how she made history... Read the rest on the June edition of my monthly blog with Cowboy Kisses.

When women started wearing bloomers (loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a knee-length skirt) in the 1850s, it was considered a scandalous mode of dress. What bloomers replaced seems beyond scandalous by today’s standards. If women wanted to be deemed fashionable in the 1850s, they wore… 1) a skirt that dragged several … Continue reading The Wild Women who wore Bloomers #CowboyKisses

It's Friday the 13th. It’s a day that some might call “peculiar.” I think the Wild West was probably shaped by many “peculiar” and “headstrong” people, so...it's time to meet the minister’s daughter who was called both of those words. Meet Alice Moore McComas who, at age fifteen, left home to attend church but instead … Continue reading The Wild Woman who was called Peculiar #CowboyKisses

Brave and determined spirits always changed the Wild West. Meet Mary Grace Charlton Edholm, the Wild Woman journalist who fought for change by championing the rescue of trafficked women in California and everywhere... CLICK HERE to read the rest on my monthly blog with Cowboy Kisses.