American women experience a great【1】of lifestyles. A 'typical' American woman may be single. She may also be divorced or married. She may be a housewife, a doctor【2】a factory worker. It is very difficult to【3】about American women.【4】, the one thing which【5】American women from the women in other countries is their attitude【6】themselves and their role in American life. 【7】, American women have always been very independent. The first colonists to come to New England were often young couples who had left behind their【8】family (i.e. , their parents, sisters, cousins, etc. ). The women were【9】in a new,【10】country with their husbands. This had two important effects.【11】, this as yet uncivilized environment demanded that every person【12】in developing it and in survival. Women worked【13】their husbands and children to establish themselves in this new【14】Second, because they were in a new land without the【15】influence of older members of society, women felt free to step into nontraditional【16】In addition, there were no rules in the Protestant religion which demanded that women stay【17】any definite role. This strong role of women was【18】in later years as Americans moved west, again, leaving family behind and encountering a(n)【19】environment.【20】later, in the East, as new immigrants arrived, the women often found jobs more easily than men. (1)