Mollie Taylor Stevenson Jr.

Mollie Taylor Stevenson Jr. (1946) is a former model who, along with her mother, Mollie Taylor Stevenson Sr., were the first living African-American women inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. She also received the Chester A. Reynolds Memorial Award, one of only two women to have received the honor; the other being Connie Douglas Reeves.[1] Mollie Jr. founded the American Cowboy Museum which is located on the Taylor-Stevenson Ranch, an historic working ranch located near Houston, originally purchased in 1875 by her great grandfather, Edward Ruthven Taylor. The ranch is among the oldest African American-owned ranches in the United States.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Chester A. Reynolds Awards". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Heinkel-Wolfe, Peggy (13 July 2012). "How the West Was Won". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

Texas State Historical Association
National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame
American Cowboy Museum
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum

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