![]() ![]() ![]() Meet a woman who was strong inside and out. Step back in time and visit Montana around the turn into the 20th century. Did she stop? Did she agree to be invisible? When Mary stepped up to take a turn, she was told the job was not for her. They had to saddle up a team of horses to a stagecoach and lasso horses on the run. Men were invited to compete to get the stagecoach driver job. To get this job you had to be willing to fend off wolves, to fight against robbers along the trail, to take care of yourself out in the wilderness. Now, if you've read Pam Munoz Ryan's book RIDING FREEDOM, you might know a little bit about stagecoach driving and just how hard it was. Seems they needed someone to drive a stagecoach up into the mountains to take food and letters and other important cargo to a school, Saint Peter's Mission. ![]() She saw the other signs.the signs that advertised a job-opening. There were all kinds of signs around the town saying Whites Only this and Whites Only that.īut, Mary knew she had what it took. Now Cascade Montana in 1895 was not exactly the place that celebrated women who were ex-slaves. Mary heard about a job opening up in Cascade, Montana. Believing in yourself! Knowing you CAN do it! Sometimes it just isn't easy to hold that confidence inside yourself with all the challenges coming from the outside world.īack in 1895 an ex-slave, a woman, named Mary Fields had a chance to show the world she COULD do it. ![]()
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