Connie Douglas Reeves

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Connie Douglas Reeves (September 26, 1901- August 16, 2003) was the oldest member of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, a legendary cowgirl, and the first woman to graduate from a law school in Texas.

Although she earned a law degree, Reeves was unable to find work as a female lawyer during the Great Depression. Instead, she opened a riding stable for girls near San Antonio, Texas in the 1930s. She had always been around horses, and was quoted as saying that she sat on a horse before she could sit up by herself. It is estimated that she taught 30,000 girls how to ride through her work as a riding instructor at Camp Waldemar.^{[citation needed]}

She was elected to the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 1997, and rode in the parade to honor the Hall when it moved to new headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas in 2002. She was over 100 years old at the time.

Reeves died from injuries suffered when she fell from her horse. She had always said that she preferred to die in just that manner. She had been injured several times in the last few years of her life, including having been kicked by the same horse, resulting in a fractured thigh, in 1987.

Her motto was, "Always saddle your own horse."

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• Reeves at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame

Persondata
NAME	Reeves, Connie Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cowgirl
DATE OF BIRTH	September 26, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	unknown
DATE OF DEATH	August 16, 2003
PLACE OF DEATH	unknown