Chandler's Letters: The California Gold Rush

First Response Chandlers Letters
The California Rush began on Jan 24, 1848. The founder of its first majestic gold was James W. Marshall. That was the beginning of optimism and daring change for many Americans. By the 1850’s a large population of 300,000 newcomers traveled and settled in California. One of those ambius Americans was Chandler, he was a well rounded minor who settled and worked very hard to get to the top. Chandler proclaimed many obstacles in a bundle of letters, whom he wrote to his wife. Chandler was a typical gold miner, with regards women and Indians, his views were very different to how history portrayed them. Chandler’s perspective on the Gold Rush was drastically different because he talks very highly of Californian women because they had rights, and were much younger, and successful. Moreover, when Chandler wrote about Indians he had a distinctive contradicting feelings, Chandler expressed sympathy and anger towards them.
On the letter by Chandler “Objects to his wife taking a job” Do you feel like the life of chandlers
At the beginning of the Gold Rush, women immigrants were very scarce. Naturally the first women of the Gold Rush were Native women, who helped their husbands panned gold even though in their culture it had no true value. On the one other hand, few women arrived with their husbands and children. Most single women came as part of a family, like chandler talks about on one of his letters to his wife. There were many unusual opportunities surround the Gold Rush for women. Many women would make really good wages by making homemade pies, doughnuts; others would turn into very successful entrepreneurs. For the most part some of the most of the hard working women would establish restaurants, lodging, and also gambling halls, dance