Powder Puff and Spurs: The story of James Cathey and the Girls Rodeo AssociationThey called themselves girls They were daughters of the West, lovers of challenge, and mothers of women's competitive role in the modern sport of rodeo. Powder Puff and Spurs tells the story of the all girl rodeos and the Girls Rodeo Association (GRA) in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It is a story of women who wanted to be rodeo contestants when almost no opportunities existed for them, and it is the story of how they established their own