The American West provided many chances for women, but these opportunities were greatly influenced by a woman's upbringing, status, and location. In contrast to the Indigenous and immigrant women who made up the majority of the West's destitute families, "middle and upper-class white women often did have greater flexibility and more freedom," according to Laura Woodworth-Ney, vice president for academic affairs at ISU. These affluent ladies blossomed in their newfound authority as they moved from the East coast of the country. They were given the chance to "possess land in their names, [or] exert control over their children," "more liberal divorce rules," "women's suffrage," and other things. White women in particular started to progressively obtain recognition in the law and for their essential role in society as a result. However, minority women were frequently denied access to these advantages. For instance, the idea of the golden West seemed "meaningless" to certain demographics, such as Chinese women who lived and worked in mining camps and Native American women who experienced extreme poverty and genocide. It is clear that in the American West, chances for women of racial minorities were greatly different from those for White women. Not all racial minorities, however, experienced a lack of identity in their community. Vicki L. Ruiz, a professor of history and Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Irvine, explains how Spanish-Mexican women were able to use "the legal system to their advantage" to maintain their land and authority even after the Mexican-American war and "retained control of their land after marriage." In other words, women of Spanish-Mexican descent had to consider geography. If they shared ownership of land with their husbands, they acquired a split stake in protecting their families and maintaining their homesteads when the West started to attract White settlement, putting their presence and current status in the local culture at risk. 40/50 word responseb thoughts to the paragraph above.
The American West provided many chances for women, but these opportunities were greatly influenced by a woman's upbringing, status, and location. In contrast to the Indigenous and immigrant women who made up the majority of the West's destitute families, "middle and upper-class white women often did have greater flexibility and more freedom," according to Laura Woodworth-Ney, vice president for academic affairs at ISU. These affluent ladies blossomed in their newfound authority as they moved from the East coast of the country. They were given the chance to "possess land in their names, [or] exert control over their children," "more liberal divorce rules," "women's suffrage," and other things. White women in particular started to progressively obtain recognition in the law and for their essential role in society as a result. However, minority women were frequently denied access to these advantages. For instance, the idea of the golden West seemed "meaningless" to certain demographics, such as Chinese women who lived and worked in mining camps and Native American women who experienced extreme poverty and genocide. It is clear that in the American West, chances for women of racial minorities were greatly different from those for White women. Not all racial minorities, however, experienced a lack of identity in their community. Vicki L. Ruiz, a professor of history and Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Irvine, explains how Spanish-Mexican women were able to use "the legal system to their advantage" to maintain their land and authority even after the Mexican-American war and "retained control of their land after marriage." In other words, women of Spanish-Mexican descent had to consider geography. If they shared ownership of land with their husbands, they acquired a split stake in protecting their families and maintaining their homesteads when the West started to attract White settlement, putting their presence and current status in the local culture at risk.
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