Pioneer Women
Moriah White, Mr. Christensen-6th Period
Hardships
The death toll on the trail was extremely high, so moving west was risky. On the trail the people faced disease, which was the worst killer. People also had to face rivers and while crossing over the rivers people drowned. The freedom and sense of equality enjoyed by women in the West helped pave the way for more equal treatment of women throughout the United States. This was perhaps the greatest legacy of the women pioneers.
On the trai,l there would be buffalo stampedes occurred while traveling over the trails it was a great danger to the people. When they were traveling across the prairie they came across prairie fires, therefore they had to find a new route to pass the fires. Indians raids were common a lot and risky to the people and was dangerous
Life on the prairie.
Once they did reach their destination on the west side of the US, the work was far from over. A house would need to be built for shelter, and as many arrived in the late summer or fall, that meant that the house would need to be built before the cold comes. Women quickly learned to wield an ax to help right along with their husbands.Pioneer women also had to deal with animals for example: rodents, marauding animals, including bear and coyotes, and lions. The women still did the same things they did back home, they washed clothes, kept food on the table, kept the wagon clean, watched over the children and keeping the family healthy.
