Rachel's speech captured the legislature completely. They recognized her description of need as that which applies to all incoming homesteaders of the state. In a resounding decision they voted to establish a state- wide public school system. Homesteaders continued pouring into Kentucky with the consequence of pushing the Indians further west. This resulted in the election of an Indian hater, Andrew Jackson, as president of the United States, who used the army to round up all Indians and herd them west to Oklahoma in an action called “The Trail of Tears.” Rachel, Betsy and Nancy represent all women who helped establish this nation and who rightly deserve our utmost praise.
Rachel's speech captured the legislature completely. They recognized her description of need as that which applies to all incoming homesteaders of the state. In a resounding decision they voted to establish a state- wide public school system. Homesteaders continued pouring into Kentucky with the consequence of pushing the Indians further west. This resulted in the election of an Indian hater, Andrew Jackson, as president of the United States, who used the army to round up all Indians and herd them west to Oklahoma in an action called “The Trail of Tears.” Rachel, Betsy and Nancy represent all women who helped establish this nation and who rightly deserve our utmost praise.