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Year Inducted: 2000
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Tillie was an all-around athlete when she emigrated to America from Norway and, inspired by seeing a cowgirl movie being filmed, learned trick riding. Soon working for Captain Baldwin's Wild West Show, she later joined Will Rogers' vaudeville troupe and then the 101 Ranch. She began to rodeo in 1912 and excelled at all rodeo events. Tillie was the first woman to win a roman race and possibly the first woman to try bulldogging.
