
Fictionalized life of pioneer suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway, balancing family, work, and the fight for women’s rights in Oregon.
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Fictionalized life of pioneer suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway, balancing family, work, and the fight for women’s rights in Oregon.
In 1853, Abigail Scott was a 19-year-old school teacher in Oregon Territory when she married Ben Duniway. Marriage meant giving up on teaching, but Abigail always believed she was meant to be more than a good wife and mother. When financial mistakes and an injury force Ben to stop working, Abigail becomes the primary breadwinner for her growing family. What she sees as a working woman appalls her, and she devotes her life to fighting for the rights of women, including their right to vote. Follow...
will contain mild spoilers
Marital life and family; closed-door, non-explicit intimacy only
Husband’s injury and pioneer-era hardships; losses referenced
No strong language depicted
Liquor industry and temperance debated in suffrage context
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Faith themes recur; framed as Christian historical fiction
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Central focus on women’s suffrage and equal-rights advocacy
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Difficult pregnancies, grief, and gender-based prejudice and hardship
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