Western frontier men prized courage in women as their main protection.
Evidence
This man said, “There’s a bad breed of ruffians, but the ugliest among them all won’t touch you. There’s nothing Western folk admire so much as pluck in a woman.” — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 93
Related
- Backcountry Western men insisted on courteous respect toward women. (similarity 0.83)
- Pioneer ruffians would not harm a woman of proven pluck (similarity 0.81)
- Frontier respect for a woman hinged on proven wilderness skill, not gender (similarity 0.80)
- Wild West men showed unusual respectful courtesy toward the lone lady traveler (similarity 0.79)
- Frontier women feared losing husbands to mountain journeys with household ruin following. (similarity 0.78)