The american frontier became characterized by her firm strength and flinty determination.

The answer is woman.

The answer is woman

The American frontier woman became characterized by her firm strength and flinty determination. She had to maintain her home under the harshest conditions, while raising her children, cooking food, and even spinning natural fibers into thread to weave cloth. The women assisted the men in construction and maintenance of communities, churches, and schools. Together, the women and men of the frontier created pockets of culture that dotted the wasteland and eventually turned into towns and cities as people came together and populations grew.

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