anna al ford, first women professional jockey. and actually, i was so proud when i got to congress because colorado had one of the few women statues in the hall, dr. sabin was there. all of us that -- that was very nice that not only she had done that but recognized it. dr. ford, an african-american woman got her medical degree in 1899. delivered 7,000 babies. and it wasn't until 1950 that the denver medical society allowed her to join. but nevertheless she did her job. virginia neil blue was the state tresh trer in 1966, ruth stockton was a republican and strong in the house. many of you remember secretary in river ridge. these were women who did incredible things, not to mention condyleeza rice, madeline albright, they all were here. i think there's something in the water. when you really start looking at the number of women who came through here, that really went on. it's really quite wonderful. we also know a third of our cowboys were african-american, which was great. we have had this, this in our history all along and in the