Which of the Following Is True of Women in the West

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of women in the West?

• A) Through the home mission movement many women helped sustain family and community life.
• B) Virtually all of the women who moved to the West in the late nineteenth century were prostitutes.
• C) They were usually single and moved to the West to establish their own economic independence.
• D) Like most males, women who moved to the West were individual prospectors and received financial backing from eastern banks.

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