WOMEN

"Women have made up their minds to go to the Klondike, so there is no use trying to discourage them."

WERE THERE WOMEN IN THE YUKON?

• Male dominated, but 1 out of 10 stampeders was a woman
• Many of the women were dance hall girls, nuns, or shopkeepers, teachers, tourists
• Some came with husbands
• Some came to find their future
• Over 1,000 women crossed the Chilkoot Or White Pass Trail between 1896-1900

LIFE WAS MORE DIFFICULT FOR WOMEN

• Women's clothes made it harder
• High heeled boots, bloomers, corsets
• Ankle length skirts, blouses and bonnets
• Had to care for children
• Complete all domestic chores: cook, clean, laundry, etc.

BEFORE THE GOLD RUSH

FAMOUS WOMEN

• Emilie Fortin- 21 year old French Canadian crossed Forty Mile
• Belinda Mulroney- 1st woman to cross the Chilkoot Trail in 1847
• "Richest woman in Klondike"
• Made her fortune building roadhouses and hotels