Pioneer Women In The Western Era

Women played a crucial role in the building blocks of the western mystique but they were often excluded from the mystique. Understandably, pioneer women faced loneliness more often than men did, and their mortality rate was higher due to the fact they had more boundaries and limitations. They played the role of homemakers and guardians in their society; Female pioneers' lives were not as dramatic as the western males. The western males had their feet boil through their boots with the fire-like sand. Their hands were blistered and cramped from holding their handguns all day. They were allowed to fight and deal with their problems in a gruesome manner. While women focused on relationships and maintaining stability in their homes. Which was far

The pioneer women in the film and the artwork are both limited to what they can do in the western society because they have specific gender roles. Such as, they could not fight with bullets to solve their problems. Also, the women were seeking to pursue a new life. Amy Kane is newly wed bride and is leaving town with her groom to begin their life’s journey. “Madonna of the Prairie” sits upon a carriage riding on the Oregon Trail that awaits her new life out

“Madonna of the Prairie” by William Koerner is perched upon a carriage with a firm sincere face. She is a reserved civilized women who home schools her children while her husband is away. She is tidy and wears a carnelian colored gown that covered her from the neck down. The carriage cover pictured above her resembles a halo above her head to depict that she is a loyal pioneer woman who believed in the gender roles.Therefore, “Madonna of the Prairie” would not go about her morals to shoot another man. Also, citizens from “Madonna of the Prairie” era would disapprove of Amy Kane’s actions. Citizens from the wild west would receive revulsion and sorrow if they were to hear a woman was participating in a man’s battle. People from the wild west believed a man’s duty was not a woman’s duty. Woman could not participate in any dangerous or “manly” action. “Madonna of the Prairie” would be an authentic pioneer woman and stay out of the men’s business. Women from the wild west had their own duties such as taking care of their families until their gentlemen arrived home. Women did not have time to participate in a man’s business with all of these duties put upon them. “Madonna of the Prairie” is focused on the fact of being a civilized lady to move into