Lee, you’ve really started something with I. M. Cowgirl. You’ve tapped into an underserved segment of the West and are providing it with interesting and meaningful information. I think one of the most important aspects of I.M. Cowgirl is the inspiration you bring to cowgirls everywhere. You’re not all about frills and fashion and fancy footwear. You’re about real women in the real world overcoming everything in their way to get the job done.
I.M. Cowgirl is to other Western magazines like Yvonne Hollenbeck’s writing is to cowboy poetry. So, “Cowgirl Up” and thanks for all you’ve done.


I.M. Cowgirl's coverage of the culture of the women of the West is broad and challenging. It is a fresh, welcome addition to the world of Western publications.


Lee, When I first met you at the WRPA Finals in Alvarado, TX, last Fall, and listened to your ideas…I thought, WOW, now that will be a tough trail to ride and how will she ever capture Western Women, namely COWGIRLS?? And how can this quiet spoken woman put all of this together! I then took a long look at your first magazine and was impressed with the photography, the article content and of the women you picked to write about! I then awaited your next issue and literally ripped open the plastic and NEVER put it down, read it cover to cover then read most of it all over again to my husband (while he cleaned up the dinner dishes!) You have captured the WESTERN WOMEN, Cowgirls! The pictures are essays themselves, the articles bring tears, laughter and mostly real life goodness to my home, reminding me to use my cowgirl gumption, to aspire to be even just a small bit like these amazing cowgirls, and for sure to use more of my COWGIRL SMARTS!!! Thanks for turning your brainstorm ideas into a reality that we can all revel in and enjoy! Cheers to I.M. Cowgirl!!!!!!!


With the dawning of this new century the Brahmins of the publishing world are finding themselves confronted with a challenge. How do they remain viable in an age when the freedom of expression granted by the Internet has weaned away legions of former magazine readers?
While the majority of industry executives quietly agonize over where to find an editorial leader capable of responding to the continued shrinking of the once formidable magazine monopoly, they overlook the fact that she’s right here, guiding an exciting new publication called I.M. Cowgirl.
In an age when magazines are racing each other to publish a plethora of the same predictable stories, the majority of which are dictated by seasonal activities or the desire to satisfy advertisers’ pocket books, not readers’ intellectual needs, Lee Dunn has brought a quiet fire and an international vision into an industry which has allowed rampant commercialism to stifle serious debate and investigation.
Under her editorial supervision, I.M. Cowgirl has set a new standard for articles regarding truly extraordinary women. She has done this by giving expression to a host of amazing women whose lives have yet to be acknowledged. Moreover, these are stories that reach beyond race and nationality, relating instead in a bold new way to our world and the women who made its history. Every age demands an inspired and impassioned new leader. By listening to and learning from the voices of the past, as well as heeding the challenges of the female leaders of the present, I.M. Cowgirl is fostering an international sense of community, all the while leading this gloriously inclusive magazine and its international readership into an exciting future.
CuChullaine O’Reilly

CuChullaine O’Reilly has spent more than thirty years studying equestrian travel techniques on four continents. He made lengthy trips by horseback across Afghanistan and Pakistan before leading the Karakorum Equestrian Expedition. He was thereafter made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Considered the world’s expert on equestrian exploration, CuChullaine is one of the Founding Members of the Long Riders’ Guild, the publisher of the world’s largest collection of equestrian travel wisdom, the director of the equestrian academic research organization LRGAF, and the author of Khyber Knights, The Long Riders, and The Horse Travel Handbook.