Many homesteading women found that life on the frontier provided more opportunities for:
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Correct answer: Legal and social independence, including the right to own land and vote
The Homestead Act allowed single, widowed, or divorced women to claim land in their own names. Because women played an equal role in the survival of the farm, Western states were the first to grant women's suffrage.
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