Natalie Merchant - Gold Rush Brides

 
 
 
 
Natalie Merchant's song "Gold Rush Brides" recalls the beauty and majesty of the early American West but emphasizes that it was the men who enjoyed the freedom of the Wild West. The women had to undergo horrendous struggle and hardship as "homestead wives" and "gold rush brides" ("10000 Maniacs Gold Rush Brides Lyrics"). As the song lyrics indicate, women in the West suffered through yellow fever, childbirth, the deaths


     
 
 
 
    

 

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