accounts,d by all benjamin duniway, was a very good husband and father to the children. he did not have the, maybe the level of business skill that somebody should have in managing a farm. and because of his kindness he cosigned a loan for a friend and the frantic defaulted on the loan -- the friend defaulted on the loan and as a result the family lost of their farm. that was in the mid-60's. after that, benjamin was involved in a farming accident, so he became disabled. therefore it felt to abigail to be the breadwinner for the family. she did teaching again, but eventually she decided to move down to albany, oregon, a small town further to the south in the valley. and she set up a hat shop. and apparently she was quite successful in that business. she even traveled to san francisco to get supplies for the business. happenedmportant thing when she interacted with the women that came into her hat shop. she became aware of the difficulties that women lead in their lives and she realized they had no life, they had no standing in the community. they could not own property.