Florence Youree

Florence Youree (born April 19, 1933) is a ProRodeo Hall of Fame cowgirl. She assisted in getting barrel racing into the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), which only had men's events at the time.

Career Youree spent significant time promoting the sport of barrel racing. Under the hands of Youree and other women, it became a standardized event in rodeo. She also participated in bringing the Girls Rodeo Association (GRA) to a nationally-sized organization. Youree and her husband organized the Barrel Futurities of America, the Oklahoma Youth Rodeo Association, and the Youree Horsemanship Camps.

As a competitor, Youree was in the top 15 six times. She won the all-around title in 1966. She was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 2009.