Over this period of time, pioneers from all across the "Old World" decided to embark on a journey to the "New Country", a land of unending farmland, furs, and rivers in the newly acquired California and Oregon Territories (Schlissel, 19). ... Women in the Jacksonian Era were tied to segregation from men in all aspects of life. ... Men were seen as strong and skilled in worldly matters, while women were seen as meek and delicate, while having moral and ethical superiority over men (F & S, 313). ... In some cases, very unladylike duties were passed to the women, such as gathering buffalo dun...

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All of them live in a house with the same roof and one kitchen which is build new as a brick house from old mud one. ... More specific, men mostly do stuffs outside and are the main income for the family while women spend her time in cooking, take care of children, and somehow can revisit their natal families. ... Lim Chieng-cua is the eldest men in Lim family after his brother died a few year ago, and he had to manage the bag factory and divide other duties for another family members. His wife and Lim A-pou's daughter-in-law take turn to share job in kitchen, while Lim A-pou does a ga...

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