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Read about how the homesteaders on the American frontier added a little levity to their otherwise harsh frontier life, and in particular how women, how spent much time at home, worked to add variety to their lives. From a companion essay to the PBS series, Frontier House.
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- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)