frontierswoman
Britishnoun
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There is Nora, a resolute frontierswoman whose husband has left their home on the Arizona Territory to search for water.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2019
Jody looked like a Barbie doll, but her hair was brown and her clothes were those of a prim 19th-century frontierswoman.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2016
Natalie Portman plays a frontierswoman who recruits her former fiance to help save her family from a band of ruthless outlaws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2016
Corral’ Ann Kirschner tells the story of Josephine Marcus, for nearly 50 years Wyatt Earp’s common-law wife and a valiant frontierswoman in her own right.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2013
She now rapidly was becoming a good frontierswoman and thoughtful of her locomotive power.
From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
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