Cattle towns saw the onslaught of cowboys and the establishment of sal

Cattle towns saw the onslaught of cowboys and the establishment of saloons for drinking and celebrating the end of cattle drives. They also offered some of the few opportunities for women to work.

Age was also a factor in which women worked in the saloons and many of these opportunities came with the demand for sexual favors. Discuss the cattle town from the perspective of young women seeking a way to become independent and financially stable.

ANSWER
Answer: A comprehensive answer will:
a. Address the challenges of being a woman in the nineteenth-century American West.
b. Discuss how the opportunities Jesse Chisholm saw differed from the opportunities cattle town women saw.
c. Describe what job opportunities were available to women and why.
d. Identify women likely to have taken advantage of those opportunities.
e. Present reasons why women would have been willing to work in the cattle towns.
f. Provide a concise and effective conclusion.