To supplement my presentation at SAMLA in 2019, I put together a Letterboxd list of Westerns written, directed, or edited by white women from 1910-1970. The list currently contains over 260 entries, making it interesting but a little unwieldy (and still not comprehensive).

Here is a shorter list of important Westerns with women in key creative roles, most of which are available to watch online or on DVD.

Adapted from the work of women writers

• Ramona (1910; 1916; 1928; 1936), from the novel by Helen Hunt Jackson
• The Wind (1928), from the novel by Dorothy Scarborough, adapted by Frances Marion
• Cimarron (1931; 1960), from the novel by Edna Ferber
• Giant (1956), from the novel by Edna Ferber
• The Hanging Tree (1959), from the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), from the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson
• A Man Called Horse (1970), from the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson

Written by women

• The Half-Breed (1916), scenario by Anita Loos
• The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926), written by Frances Marion, edited by Viola Lawrence
• Stars in My Crown (1950), co-written by Margaret Fitts
• True Grit (1969), co-written by Marguerite Roberts

Directed by Women

• Greater Love Hath No Man (1911), directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
• Algie the Miner (1912), directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
• ’49-’17 (1917), directed by Ruth Ann Baldwin
• Something New (1920), directed by Nell Shipman

Edited by Women

• The Squaw Man (1931), edited by Anne Bauchens
• Stagecoach (1939), edited by Dorothy Spencer
• My Darling Clementine (1946), edited by Dorothy Spencer