tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post2939099256548660968..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: Unmarried Women HomesteadersDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-89885772288004752062019-04-21T12:02:31.979-04:002019-04-21T12:02:31.979-04:00Hey Janalyn, thanks for answering my question!!!Hey Janalyn, thanks for answering my question!!!Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12038621934457678475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-39057580632797081042019-04-20T15:05:43.099-04:002019-04-20T15:05:43.099-04:00If I remember correctly, Almanzo Wilder's sist...If I remember correctly, Almanzo Wilder's sister, Eliza Jane, was a single homesteader in the Dakota territory. Janet,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17796999156668844943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-60754100979113338062019-04-20T14:49:18.155-04:002019-04-20T14:49:18.155-04:00Connie, I had to track down some stats because you...Connie, I had to track down some stats because your question made me curious. :) Here's what I found: Historians estimate that about 12 percent of homesteaders in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Utah were single women. https://www.hcn.org/wotr/16912<br />Janalyn Voigt, escape into creative worlds of fiction.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16233710536302581735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-75757520741556267982019-04-20T07:27:06.909-04:002019-04-20T07:27:06.909-04:00I hadn't thought about that aspect of homestea...I hadn't thought about that aspect of homesteaders. It would be interesting to see the actual numbers of single women vs. families. I wonder if single men gobbled up claims too, though the physical labor would have been easier on them. Although it sure is amazing what women can accomplish workwise. I know women now who were the ones who built their home!!!Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12038621934457678475noreply@blogger.com