Minnie Lou Bradley was an American rancher and cattlewoman. She was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 2006. Bradley is considered an innovator in the beef cattle industry.
Bradley in 1953
4-H is a national youth development program administered by the Cooperative Extension System under the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and United States Department of Agriculture. 4-H provi
Minnie Lou Bradley
…wanted a book on livestock rather than girl toys. She performed chores such as cleaning chicken roosts to pay for it. Bradley was active in the local 4-H Club, where she showed Angus cattle, sheep, and swine. She was not able to join the Future Farmers of America then as it was male-only membership…
4-H boys showing prize heifers at a 4-H Fair in Charleston, West Virginia, 1921
4-H Home demonstration agents in Florida in 1933
4-H Club member storing food she canned from her garden, Rockbridge County, Virginia, c. 1942
A newspaper clipping of 4-H club members attending a convention in Georgia, 1950