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Author Sievens, Mary Beth.

Title Stray wives : marital conflict in early national New England / Mary Beth Sievens.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2005]
©2005

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 Moore Stacks  HQ537 .S54 2005    Available  ---
Description xii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A "disobedient, clamorous" wife : the problem of wifely submission -- "A trifling sum" : economic support and consumer spending in New England marriages -- "The duties of a wife" : the meaning of women's work -- "The wicked agency of others" : community involvement and marital discord -- "Having confidence in her own abilities" : coping with estrangement -- "Free and clear from all claims" : divorce and the contradictory nature of women's status -- Afterword: Settling "all matters of dispute" : marital conflict, negotiation, and compromise.
Subject Marital conflict -- New England -- History -- 18th century.
Marital conflict.
New England.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Marital conflict -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Wives -- New England -- History.
Wives.
Husband and wife -- New England -- History.
Husband and wife.
Legal advertising -- New England -- History.
Legal advertising.
ISBN 081474009X cloth alkaline paper
9780814740095 cloth alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780814740095