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I wondered how common divorce cases were, there are quite a few in the readings but how many more were there? Did women wait to file for divorce until they found another man willing to marry them I wonder? -- Emma C. | I wondered how common divorce cases were, there are quite a few in the readings but how many more were there? Did women wait to file for divorce until they found another man willing to marry them I wonder? -- Emma C. | ||
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| + | After reading The Tennison Decision I was rather pleased with what the courts decision was. Here was a man who admitted that yes he'd take his wife back home but could not love her. How embarrassing would that have been to a woman (from any time period)?? If this was just a separation,did Elizabeth have to wait for John to die before moving on with her life? --Remy B. | ||
== SC feme sole trader acts, 1712, 1744 == | == SC feme sole trader acts, 1712, 1744 == | ||
