However, many women, either by choice or necessity, ignored the expectations of society by creating impressive careers in a variety of fields. Woman who dared to step out from the norms set by society were typically scorned and ridiculed. For some women the role expected of them was disappointing and stifling. They happily set forth creating a home for their husbands and children. For many women the accepted roles were rewarding and worthwhile.
The roles of women were set forth for them by the Victorian idea that a woman was limited in her abilities to survive in a man’s world and that she was expected to focus only on her domestic duties.
Such is the view of society when it came to women of the West from 1890-1920. “Women’s lives focused upon domestic production, childbirth and childcare, family relationships and other ‘female’ tasks… Even unmarried and married women who worked outside the home usually found their employment opportunities limited by their gender.” This is a quote from The Female Frontier: A Comparative View of Women on the Prairie and the Plains by Glenda Riley. Besiege and beset for it, and you’re bound to win.” Defy cold poverty, pain of body and brain. Hold fast to the pillars of faith, hope, confidence, stern pertinacity. Sacrifice your time, your peace, your sleep. Work day and night in order to achieve the goal. “If you want anything bad enough, go out and fight for it.
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