Stray Wives : Marital Conflict in Early National New England /

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Whereas my husband, Enoch Darling, has at sundry times used me in so improper and cruel a manner, as to destroy my happiness and endanger my life, and whereas he has not provided for me as a husband ought, but expended his time and money unadvisedly, at taverns ... I hereby notify the public that I...

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Main Author: Sievens, Mary Beth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2005]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Äktenskap > historia > New England > 1700-talet > 1800-talet.
Geschlechterrolle
Ehekonflikt
Gesetz
Wives.
Marital conflict.
Legal advertising.
Husband and wife.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Annonces administratives et judiciaires > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Femmes mariees > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Époux > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Conflits conjugaux > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Conflits conjugaux > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Legal advertising > New England > History.
Husband and wife > New England > History.
Wives > New England > History.
Marital conflict > New England > History > 19th century.
Marital conflict > New England > History > 18th century.
United States, New England > Social life and customs.
Neuengland
New England.
History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Whereas my husband, Enoch Darling, has at sundry times used me in so improper and cruel a manner, as to destroy my happiness and endanger my life, and whereas he has not provided for me as a husband ought, but expended his time and money unadvisedly, at taverns ... I hereby notify the public that I am obliged to leave him. Phebe Darling, January 13, 1796 Hundreds of provocative notices such as this one ran in New England newspapers between 1790 and 1830. These elopement notices--advertisements paid for by husbands and occasionally wives to announce their spouses' desertions as well as th.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9780814745342

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