When someone says "Cowgirl Up " it means rise to the occasion, don\'t give up, and do it all without whining or complaining.
She is a member of Women Writing the West, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Skagit Valley Writers League, Skagit Women in Business, and the Northwest Independent Editors Guild..
Her first novel, Cowgirl Dreams, won an EPIC Award and the USA Book News Best Book Finalist award.
She followed her dream of writing with a journalism degree from the University of Montana and then wrote for the Daily Missoulian for several years and did freelance work over a period of 15 years for a number of magazines, including Montana Magazine, Front Sight Magazine, and the Business Monthly.
She had parents who taught her a love of books and a grandmother who rode bucking stock in rodeos.
Thomas grew up on a working ranch in eastern Montana, riding and gathering cattle for branding and shipping.
About the Author: Heidi M.
Cowgirl Up is the History of these cowgirls, their courage, and their accomplishments.
Montana boasts its share of Women who "busted broncs" and broke ranks in the macho world of rodeo during the early to mid-1900s.
From Alice and Margie Greenough of Red Lodge, whose father told them "If you can\'t ride \'em, walk," to Jane Burnett Smith of Gilt Edge who sneaked off to ride in rodeos at age eleven, Women made wide inroads into the masculine world of rodeo.
They caught the fever of freedom, the thirst for adrenaline, and the thrill of competition, and many started their rodeo careers as early as age fourteen.
But for some women, it went further than that.
Women learned to rope and ride out of necessity, helping their fathers, brothers, and husbands with the ranch work.
And the cowgirls of the early twentieth century did it all, just like the men, only wearing skirts and sometimes with a baby waiting behind the chutes.
When someone says "Cowgirl Up " it means rise to the occasion, don\'t give up, and do it all without whining or complaining
