Pioneer Women Flashcards
1
Q
Homesteads
A
A plot of land where pioneers could build a home, ranch, or farm
2
Q
Suffrage
A
The right to vote
3
Q
Hardships
A
Disease
Freezing temperatures
Indian attacks
African American runaway slave women faced being caught by slave catchers
4
Q
Legacies
A
Established literary societies, schools and libraries
Equal rights for women
Women’s suffrage
5
Q
Where did they go
A
California
6
Q
Reasons
A
Homesteads
New opportunities
Husbands
