Margie Greenough Henson
{{short description|American bull rider}}
Margie Greenough Henson (November 17, 1908–August 16, 2004) was a 1978 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inductee.{{cite web |title=Margie Greenough Henson |url=http://www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/margie-greenough-henson/ |website=Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum |access-date=October 21, 2019}}
Life
Margie Greenough Henson was born Margie Greenough on a farm near Billings, Montana, on November 17, 1908.{{cite web |title=Montana Obituary and Death Notice Archive - Page 178 |url=http://www.genlookups.com/mt/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/178 |access-date=October 21, 2019}} She grew up on a working ranch with her seven siblings and all were expected to do daily chores including riding and roping. She married Charlie "Heavy" Henson in 1928. They had one son, Chuck Henson.{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=J.P.S. |title=American Cowboy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XeoCAAAAMBAJ&q=margie+greenough+henson&pg=PA72 |access-date=October 22, 2019 |work=Rodeo Royalty |issue=May-Jun 2003 |publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc. |pages=72–74}}
Career
In 1929, Henson joined Jack King's Wild West Rodeo. Her experience growing up on a ranch served her well. She started bronc riding and became a champion. Henson entered bronc riding events in major rodeos across the country, often the only women entrant.
After a year with Jack King's, the Hensons joined the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Show. Henson continued to ride broncs. But she also added to her routine horse racing and steer riding. Later, she even added bull riding. Montana claims some of the best women bronc riders. Four are the most famous: Fannie Sperry Steele, Marie Gibson, and the two Greenough sisters, Alice Greenough and Margie Henson Greenough. Each was a world-class champion. Marge and her sister Alice rode bareback broncs and steers. Both later rode bucking broncos and bulls and won many championships around the country. The sisters were gentile and refined away from the rodeo. They dressed as ladies. But, they also suffered the same as the men when riding and rode the same horses.{{cite web |title=Marge Greenough |url=The Ladies Busted Broncs |website=Women's History Matters |access-date=November 30, 2019}}
Henson and two of her siblings (as the "Riding Greenoughs") were inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1983.{{cite web |title=Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/awards-halls-of-fame/rodeo-hall-of-fame-inductees/ |website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |access-date=October 21, 2019}} Margie and her sister Alice retired from rodeo to Tucson, Arizona. They worked in Western films briefly.{{cite web |title=The Ladies Busted Broncs |url=http://www.distinctlymontana.com/montana-places/07/07/2007/ladies-busted-broncs |website=Distinctly Montana Magazine |date=May 7, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2019}} She died on August 16, 2004, in Arizona.
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Category:Sportspeople from Billings, Montana
Category:People from Red Lodge, Montana
Category:People from Tucson, Arizona
Category:American female equestrians