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CONFRONTING RACE
Figure 1. Anglo women, who f r e quently went west with minds filled with
misinf ormation and eyes dark with trepidation, clung to a belief in the divine
and superior nature of white womanhood that would protect them fr om
violent enemies. "Madonna of the Prairie," 1984, by the western illustrator W
H. D. Koerner. Courtesy of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody,
W y oming.
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