Women found many new opportunities in California during the gold rush
Several women made profit doing housework that they did in the east.
They washed the miners´clothes and cooked for them. They also owned inns were miners could stay. And they made as much money or more than miners by doing small jobs.
The Life of Frontier Women: They used to wake up early and milked cows. They also had to cook breakfast and wash clothes.
Women were in charge of all household chores while the men worked.
