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Pioneer Women

Pioneer Women. By Carolyn. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura Ingalls Wilder was born February 7, 1867 She lived all over the area of the country called the Midwest. She and her families were pioneers. The Ingalls family left Wisconsin because of the Homestead Act of 1862. Pioneers.

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Pioneer Women

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  1. Pioneer Women By Carolyn

  2. Laura Ingalls Wilder • Laura Ingalls Wilder was born February 7, 1867 • She lived all over the area of the country called the Midwest. She and her families were pioneers. • The Ingalls family left Wisconsin because of the Homestead Act of 1862

  3. Pioneers • Pioneers are people who move out to a less populated area. • During a time in history called the Westward Expansion, many moved out West. • They faced many hardships when they moved, and even after they settled.

  4. Women • Women packed the wagons, and along the trips out west fought illness. • Women helped their husbands build their new homes, and plant the seeds as well as do all the housework and attend to their children. • Laura's mother, Caroline used to run her house on a schedule like this (from the book Little House in the Big Woods)

  5. Women (cont.) "Wash on Monday, Iron on Tuesday, Mend on Wednesday, Churn on Thursday, Clean on Friday, Bake on Saturday, Rest on Sunday."

  6. Women (cont.) • Her mother also did a lot of food preservation for the family. This meant making it so that meat and food could be stored for when winter came. • Women even made soap, cheese, sugar and syrup! • Women also were responsible for teaching the children, making clothing, and taking care of injuries.

  7. Bibliography • Information from: • http://www.literarytraveler.com/authors/laura_ingalls_wilder.aspx • http://www.hoover.archives.gov/LIW/pioneering/index.html

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