There were many different types of Women of the West.
There were women who traveled west with their husbands and kids and when they got there spent her time doing what a 19th century women would do. Other women of the west were way more adventurous and wanted to prove that women could do more than just run a household. These women would participate in unladylike like activities like hard-drinking, gun slinging, and fearless riding. These women of the west endured many hardships that most women at the time didn't have to face. Some were put in jail, shot, and attacked. One famous women of the wild west was Martha Canary "Calamity Jane". She was best known for her good shot and fearless riding. She also toured in the Wild West Show with Bill Cody and Sitting Bull. Although women all went west for a different reason in mind they all helped with manifest destiny. |
Why did they migrate?
Every Women migrated for a different reason some went with their husbands and kids in hopes for settling in a new home, some traveled with their families growing up with their families in hope of a new place to live and grow a business in, and some went to prove that they could do more than what the average woman would do. What was the impact? The impact was that they helped with manifest destiny and also prove to many that women could do more than staying at home and doing what a 19th century women would do on a regular basis. |