171) changed the expectations of women’s roles. Harriet L. Noble was among the pioneers who immigrate to the west with her family. Noble wrote about the difficulties of traveling through wilderness with only two oxen, a wagon, and few equipment for camping. Harriet L. Noble discussed about the weather conditions and the rough roads of having to surpass it. Pioneer women experience cooking skills for their families without using a stove and proper equipment. When traveling, mothers had to attend to their children by either carrying their infants or walking with them for long distances. Women were persistently protective over their families on every step of the way. Families would encounter Indians a long the way. Women were awake in the night and were constantly in a look out for beasts. Women sometimes did men labor and “provided the necessities of life” (VOF, pg. 173) to improve there
171) changed the expectations of women’s roles. Harriet L. Noble was among the pioneers who immigrate to the west with her family. Noble wrote about the difficulties of traveling through wilderness with only two oxen, a wagon, and few equipment for camping. Harriet L. Noble discussed about the weather conditions and the rough roads of having to surpass it. Pioneer women experience cooking skills for their families without using a stove and proper equipment. When traveling, mothers had to attend to their children by either carrying their infants or walking with them for long distances. Women were persistently protective over their families on every step of the way. Families would encounter Indians a long the way. Women were awake in the night and were constantly in a look out for beasts. Women sometimes did men labor and “provided the necessities of life” (VOF, pg. 173) to improve there