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- The key words of women in the Old West were freedom, opportunity, possession, and cooperation.
- Unmarried women had the freedom to try and homestead on their own.
- Women moved west as a result of the Home Stead Act.
- The expansion after the civil war brought new opportunity for new jobs and education.
- The women of the Old West were the first generation of women to attend universities.
- they still served their families and communities
- cooperated with societies view of women.
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WOMEN IN THE OLD WEST

LABORERS FOR lIBERTY
- The key words of women in the Old West were freedom, opportunity, possession, and cooperation.
- Unmarried women had the freedom to try and homestead on their own.
- Women moved west as a result of the Home Stead Act.
- The expansion after the civil war brought new opportunity for new jobs and education.
- The women of the Old West were the first generation of women to attend universities.
- they still served their families and communities
- cooperated with societies view of women.
2.

NOT-SO-WILD WEST

- not as violent as depicted in movies
- arguments, if any, were about what to do with land
- when civil war soldiers came back from war, they were out of work and became restless
- most murders that ever happened would be five in a year
- more likely to be murdered today, than back then
- property rights were protected and civil order prevailed
- conflicts were solved
3.

U.S. MARSHALS

- Oldest federal law enforcement service.
- First thirteen marshals were appointed by George Washington after the Judiciary Act of 1789.
- Duties consisted of:
- federal census
- protecting federal polls in the south after the civil war
- special witness protection program
4.

FORT SMITH ARKANSAS

- characters in the novel "True Grit", are based on actual people from Fort Smith.
- the character Rooster Cogburn is based on Deputy U.S Marshal Calvin Witson
- Cogburn had the physical characteristics of Witson
- Witson was the only one-eyed Marshal to ever serve Judge Parker, just like Cogburn.
- Cogburn's military record was recorded by Lawyer Dagat, and there is an employee named Dagat in the National Archive who is also from Fort Smith, and may have been a lawyer
5.

WILLIAM qUANTRILL

AND THE qUANTRILL rAIDERS
- William Quantrill born in July 31, 1837 and died in June 6, 1865
- he was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
- he was a school teacher at the age of 16
- he lead a Confederate bushwhacker (Quantrill Raid) along the Missouri-Kansas border
- he was mortally wounded in a Union ambush in May 1865, aged 27.
- the Quantrill Raiders were pro- confederate
-ambushed the union

Kathryn Newton