Who Were the Women Who Homesteaded Alone in the Dakotas

Who were the women who homesteaded alone in the Dakotas in the 1870s?

A) They were older women of New England stock with years of experience in solitary farming.
B) They were women eager to escape the brutality of Jim Crow in the South.
C) They were women eager to take advantage of women's voting rights in the West.
D) They were often widows who had to provide for their children after their husbands' deaths.