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March is #WomensHistoryMonth 

March is #WomensHistoryMonth and we're celebrating the producers, lawmakers, homesteaders, trailblazers, scientists and educators who have left their mark on agriculture throughout history. Read about each image below. 

Image 1: Lucille Mulhall, "Champion Lady Bucking Horse Rider of the World," rides a bucking horse at a rodeo in 1912. (Source: Oklahoma Historical Society)

Image 2: Two Sparsholt Agricultural College students learning about animal husbandry carry lambs up a hill, circa 1938-1943. (Source: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America)

Image 3: Elizabeth Logan, a rancher and resident of Haskell, Oklahoma, donated 320 acres of land to the OSU Foundation for agricultural research in 2022. (Photo by OSU Agriculture)

Image 4: Esther Peterson (far right), a politician and a driving force behind the Equal Pay Act, meets with members of the Ohio Farmers Union in 1967. (Source: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America)

Image 5: Gienda Wiseman of Cypress, Texas barrel races at a rodeo in 1985. (Source: Oklahoma Historical Society)

Image 6: Blayne Arthur, Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture, speaks at Big 3 Field Days in 2022. (Photo by OSU Agriculture)

Image 7: Students at the Pennsylvania Horticultural School for Women tend to chickens in 1920. (Source: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America)

Image 8: A woman harvests potatoes with two men, circa 1919-1920. (Source: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America)

Image 9: Antigone Burke, OSU graduate student, conducts drought research on trees and native plants of Oklahoma with the assistance of Maddie Watts and Anna Dar in 2022. (Photo by OSU Agriculture)

Image 10: Lucille Mulhall ropes a calf, year unknown. (Source: Oklahoma Historical Society)

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