By Brandy McDonnellA version of this story appears in the Sunday Life section of The Oklahoman.'Girls of the Golden West': National Cowboy Museum exhibit showcases honors 19th Amendment centennialFrom a Hispanic woman dramatically draped in her "Mantilla," or chapel veil, to "An Irish Lass" peering shyly from her canvas, one hallway at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is currently for the girls.Featuring works spanning the 19th and 20th century - including oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, hand-colored engraving, photographs, pastels, plaster and bronze - the new exhibit "Girls of the Golden West" gives visitors insight into the stories of the women of the American West."We wanted to highlight our permanent collection and show as many disparate views of women across the board - from different socioeconomic levels to different cultures - to show that it was truly multicultural (in the West) regardless of gender," said Michael Grauer, the museum's McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture."To bring more things out of the permanent collection, out of the vault, is always exciting for me.Read more on NewsOK.com