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Women worked the saloons, did laundry, or were a seamstress. The Hispanic and Chinese populations were discriminated against.. Many were required to live in the worse part of townss, taxed to live there, claim jumped, and beaten or killed. Only in recent history has the contributions of these populations have been recognized.
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∙ 11y agothey stayed home and cheated on there husbands while they were mining
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∙ 13y agoThe role of women was to work in or run boardinghouses, hotels, laundries, and stores.
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∙ 6y agoThere were few women involved in the gold rush. The gold rush towns were mainly all men and with no families. The women who were there worked in saloons or did laundry/seamstresses.
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∙ 13y agoThey Helped Look For gold
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How did women from the Gold Rush help shape Australian?
They provided a variety of activities supporting the Gold Rush.
Can the gold rush women hunt?
no or yes
What percentage of gold rush immigrants were women?
5%
How much do guys make on gold rush?
More than women.
What did women wear during the California gold rush in 1849?
Not many women were involved in the gold rush. The men left families at home to seek gold and the gold rush towns were hard rough places. Women of the time wore long skirts, tucked in blouses, leather shoes and the dresses were form fitting.
Why did women and people of different racial ethnic or national groups contribute to the California gold rush?
there is no answer here
How did women from the Gold Rush help shape Australian?
They provided a variety of activities supporting the Gold Rush.
Can the gold rush women hunt?
no or yes
What percentage of gold rush immigrants were women?
5%
What did women wear on there feet in the gold rush?
shoes
Did women mine for gold in the gold rush in Australia?
Yes but very few!
How much do guys make on gold rush?
More than women.
What did women wear during the California gold rush in 1849?
Not many women were involved in the gold rush. The men left families at home to seek gold and the gold rush towns were hard rough places. Women of the time wore long skirts, tucked in blouses, leather shoes and the dresses were form fitting.
How'ed did the gold rush begin?
it began when the women began being very poor
How did the Chinese contribute to westward expansion?
They came over to californiia during the gold rush, along with the russians, japanese, etc.
What American gold rush was before the Victorian gold rush?
The Californian gold rush!
How many people went to the sutter mill gold rush?
6000,000,000 came to the gold rush. There could not have been 6 billion people who went to the gold rush in 1949 because there was not that many people living in the world then. If you check your history books, you will learn that there was about 300,000 men, women and children who want to California in 1849 for the gold rush (check wikipedia).
