Evidence 1: “In 1865 we emigrated from our homes in Missouri by the overland route to Virginia City, Montana, taking five months to make the journey. While on the way the greater portion of my time was spent in hunting along with the men and hunters of the party, in fact I was at all times with the men when there was excitement and adventures to be had. By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age.”—Document 15.1: Martha Jane Cannary Burk, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane

Evidence 2: “I find things here a heap better than I expected. We have forty acres. We came last May. We built our house in the fall. My husband finds enough work around here to support us. We had plenty of supplies to live on through the winter. We got them by working for white neighbors.”—Document 15.2: Black Migrants to Kansas

Evidence 3: “The contractee Xin Jin became indebted to her master/mistress for food and passage to San Francisco. Since she is without funds, she will voluntarily work as a prostitute at Tan Fu’s place for four and one-half years for an advance of 1,205 yuan (U.S. $524) to pay this debt. There shall be no interest on the money and Xin Jin shall receive no wages.”—Document 15.3: A Prostitute’s Contract

Evidence 4: “Mrs. Churchill, with the help of some of the women from outside towns, called a convention. The city women, perhaps troubled because of their laurels, came in and were at once installed in the offices, thus giving experienced people a chance to at least make themselves useful as well as ornamental. Mrs. Churchill steadfastly refused office, as the conducting of a paper in the interests of the cause was enough for any one head.”—Document 15.5: Caroline Nichols Churchill, Fighting for Woman Suffrage in Colorado

Evidence 1: “Mother died at Black Foot, Montana, 1866, where we buried her. I left Montana in Spring of 1866, for Utah, arriving at Salt Lake city during the summer. Remained in Utah until 1867, where my father died, then went to Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory, where we arrived May 1, 1868, then went to Piedmont, Wyoming, with U.P. Railway. Joined General Custer as a scout at Fort Russell, Wyoming, in 1870, and started for Arizona for the Indian Campaign.”—Document 15.1: Martha Jane Cannary Burk, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane

Evidence 2: “We thought when we left Tennessee that we would be furnished a horse and plow and a hundred and sixty acres. That story rushed up a great many. We heard there was plenty of land at Topeka. Singleton said we would have to pay for land. Hill said the Government would help us and find us something to eat. I think this is a very good country; none of the colored colonists have to beg for any thing they need. My husband gets all the work he can do. They pay him very well. I would scratch in the ground here before I would go back South.”—Document 15.2: Black Migrants to Kansas

Evidence 3: “There shall be no interest on the money and Xin Jin shall receive no wages. At the expiration of the contract, Xin Jin shall be free to do as she pleases. Until then, she shall first secure the master/mistress’s permission if a customer asks to take her out. If she has the four loathsome diseases she shall be returned within 100 days; beyond that time the procurer has no responsibility.”—Document 15.3: A Prostitute’s Contract

Evidence 4: “But Hon. Joseph Engle, perceiving the situation and knowing me personally, arose to his feet, and, after a complimentary speech, in which he was pleased to recognize my position as a farmer’s wife, mother, home-maker, teacher and now as journalist, moved that I be invited to a seat within the bar and provided with table and stationery, as were the other members of the newspaper profession.”—Document 15.4: Abigail Scott Duniway, Speaking Out for the Right to Vote

Evidence 1: “Up to this time I had always worn the costume of my sex. When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men’s clothes.”—Document 15.1: Martha Jane Cannary Burk, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane

Evidence 2: “I sold fifteen dollars’ worth of garden vegetables, one cow, ten hogs, four or five dollars’ worth of chickens, six bushels of plums, three hundred pounds butter and two bushels of eggs. I have now seven horses, twenty hogs, and eight head of cattle. My children are learning to read and write. They go to the same school with the whites. We have church and Sunday-school in the schoolhouse. We are Baptists.”—Document 15.2: Black Migrants to Kansas

Evidence 3: “If she has the four loathsome diseases she shall be returned within 100 days; beyond that time the procurer has no responsibility. Menstruation disorder is limited to one month’s rest only. If Xin Jin becomes sick at any time for more than 15 days, she shall work one month extra; if she becomes pregnant, she shall work one year extra.”—Document 15.3: A Prostitute’s Contract

Evidence 4: “One of the Anthony family, living at Leavenworth, Kas., once wrote to have Mrs. Churchill get interested in his business. Mrs. Churchill was fairly harassed by these importunities from different sources, and answered these letters rather saucily sometimes. Susan B. Anthony perhaps realized that there was younger blood in the field and may have thought her laurels in danger. When the brother failed to interest the new woman in his schemes, she had no further use for Mrs. Churchill and would show her resentment as opportunity made it possible.”—Document 15.5: Caroline Nichols Churchill, Fighting for Woman Suffrage in Colorado