Minnie Lou Bradley
Minnie Lou Bradley (born December 15, 1931) was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 2006. Bradley is considered an innovator in the beef cattle industry. Life Minnie Lou Bradley was born Minnie Lou Ottinger on December 15, 1931, in Blaine County, Oklahoma. Bradley wanted a book on livestock rather than girl toys. She performed chores 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. Bradley was showing animals at age 9. She received her first Angus cow at age 13. Bradley graduated from high school in Hydro, Oklahoma. She married Bill Bradley in 1955. She and Bradley raised one son and one daughter together Career Bradley is a rancher and a cattlewoman. She and her family own and operate the Bradley 3 Ranch in Childress County, Texas. Bradley and a handful of women were first to earn a degree in animal husbandry from Oklahoma State University (formerly Oklahoma A&M). She is the first woman to join the Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Team. She was the first woman president