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English
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Pioneer Housewife : The Autobiography of Sally Dodge Morris
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Gateway Heritage : The Magazine of the Missouri Historical Society
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Missouri Historical Society
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24-33
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"The pioneer housewife is the unsung heroine of 19th-century America. As daring and courageous as her menfolk, she endured the same, or even greater, hardships and undertook the same adventures. Yet her life is little known: Few of these intrepid women had the education or the will to speak for themselves. Even the shortest autobiographical sketch by one of their number therefore serves as an important window into their lives. [Author]