Stray wives : : marital conflict in early national New England / / Mary Beth Sievens.
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : New York University Press,, [2005] 2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 171 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 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.