Stray Wives: Marital Conflict in Early National New England

Publication

Heritage Research Library at the Washington County Historical Society

Name/Title

Stray Wives: Marital Conflict in Early National New England

Entry/Object ID

2006.62.7

Description

Stray Wives examines the hundreds of elopement notices that were published in New England newspapers between 1790 and 1830. Mary Beth Sievens's analysis of these documents provides fascinating insight on how early national men and women negotiated marital difficulties. Sievens carefully situates her study of marital conflict within legal, economic and cultural realms.

Publication Details

Author

Mary Beth Sievens *