Profiles of Pioneer Women of Desert Southwest - DesertUSA

While a pioneer woman certainly followed her husband on the difficult journey westward through a sense of duty to him and to her family, many would discover a larger role in life, a new sense of identity and self-worth that became an unexpected dividend of independence and freedom. 

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Southwest USA Landscapes - Deserts

Women On The California Trail California Trail Interpretive Center

American Southwest — Deirdre Denali Photography

Archives of Women of the Southwest - SMU

Arizona Pioneer Women Memorial - WWP

American Southwest — Deirdre Denali Photography

Southwest USA Landscapes - Deserts

Desert Southwest

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Why is the Wild West depicted in the desert? - Quora