{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Broad History","title":"The homesteaders trad wives would rather forget about (Megan Kate Nelson, part 2)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c83f1c90\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2184,"description":"In part 2 of our exploration of the American frontier, Megan Kate Nelson introduces two women who belie the homesteader image conservative \"trad wives\" like to harken back to. Polly Bemis was a Chinese immigrant who built a life and a community in Idaho, despite intense prejudice and stringent anti-Chinese immigration policies. Ella Watson was a self-made homesteader and small rancher, a so-called cattle queen who got on the wrong side of cattle barons in Wyoming and paid the price.Read more: How Chinese women were barred from the American dream  What do you think?Read & comment at broadhistory.comEmail me: isa@broadhistory.comJump to: Get the book🇺🇸 Buy the book🇬🇧 Shop the UK bookshop (Megan Kate Nelson's The Westerners is only available in the US)(Affiliate bookshop.org links support Broad History and indie bookstores.)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BR4UAONFPtQAbjdCzu8sEpojROQm7IqAM92ijb46AcU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OTBh/ODM0NDQ4YTcwNzVh/NmYzNDk2NWU3NmIz/MWJiZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}