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When someone says the word “woman”, what is the first thought that pops into your head? Maybe you’ll think of a wife, a housekeeper, or a mother. Or maybe you think of them as weak and useless. The women of the Fur Trade will most definitely prove you wrong. Women played an enormous role in the fur trade. They were what made the fur trade possible. Without them, the fur trade would never have functioned. Although there was a handful of white women in the fur country, most fur traders married Native or Mixed-blood women. These relationships had a firm, practical foundation. When they married Native or Mixed-blood women, the ties between the fur tra