Uncommon Women, Unmarked Trails is the story about the Catholic sisters, who struck out on their own in the Montana wilderness in the nineteenth century, where they built convents and schools and brought education and Catholicism to Native American children. The Sisters of Providence and Ursuline nuns pioneered women’s missionary activities among the Flathead, Blackfoot, Crow, Cheyenne and Grow Venture-Assiniboine Indians. They were nineteenth century women from American and Canada who made a conscious decision to lead a life uncommon to most women of the time. The Catholic sisters’ experiences were different than most western women because the sisters did not work within the structure of normal domestic roles. Unencumbered by the responsibilities of husband, home, and family, the sisters were more independent in their affairs and could devote themselves to the accomplishments of personal and professional goals.