Badass Women of America
This podcast is about the women in history who broke barriers and made history yet you probably have never heard of them. Join us each week for a new episode about a woman or women who fought in wars, were amazing explorers, were pioneers in aviation – women who weren’t in our history books. These were exciting, brave, adventurous women who helped shaped this country. Join me, Kit and my friend Sherlock, as we share the exciting stories of these women whom you will want to know. These are the Badass Women of America.
Badass Women of America
Women Homesteaders - single women who claimed the West
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Over 100,000 single women took advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862 and for the first time claimed land in their own name.
These women are not in our history books. These women were instrumental in developing the West. These were the badass women who lived in the wilderness so that they could have independence, adventure and claim their part of American history.
This episode is Part 1 of the single women homesteaders who braved the wilderness to develop the American West.
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