August 2011 Issue Name:COWGIRLS What do they want

What do they want

After ruling the state for a century

Over the past twenty years

hilarious headlines

we’re famous for producing some of the country’s best passers

August 2011 Issue Name:COWGIRLS What do they wantVolume 39 Issue 8 Cover Story: Cowgirl Up The word probably makes you think of rhinestone studded jeans, floppy brimmed hats, and Nashville queens, but cowgirl ought to stand for the tough pioneer women who built ranches and went on cattle drives and the hardy rural women who are out there today doing their fair share of the work, usually invisibly, to maintain a majestic way of live. By Barney Nelson This product ships separately from Texas Monthly.