September—the final month of the ProRodeo regular season—we, along with  our sister teams, The Breakaway Roping Journal and BarrelRacing.com,  have chosen to honor the women who’ve most impacted the sport of rodeo, as well as those lobbying side-by-side with them for equality of opportunity.

The vision of the American West has always been that of freedom, of grit and of limitless possibility, and the advocates and athletes we honor in September exemplify those values.

Here’s to the Cowgirl.