text The divorce colony : how women revolutionized marriage and found freedom on the American frontier
- Summary
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"From a historian and senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms"--
- Contents
- Prologue: "Is marriage a failure?" -- A thriving and interesting place -- In good faith -- Just another -- BUdding hope and dead passions -- A savage American -- Ardor and inexpereience -- The campaigns -- Undesirable cattle -- A personal statemen... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books 2022
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 306.89 WHI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 306.89 WHI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
Divorce South Dakota Sioux Falls History 19th century
Divorce Law and legislation South Dakota Sioux Falls
Divorced women United States Biography
Married women Legal status, laws, etc United States
Women United States Social conditions
Sioux Falls (S.D.) History
United States Social conditions 1865-1918
Divorce Dakota du Sud Sioux Falls Histoire 19e siècle
Femmes divorcées États-Unis Biographies
Femmes États-Unis Conditions sociales
États-Unis Conditions sociales 1865-1918
Divorce
Divorce Law and legislation
Divorced women
Married women Legal status, laws, etc
Social conditions
Women Social conditions
South Dakota Sioux Falls
United States
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 306.89 WHI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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