Stray Wives: Marital Conflict in Early National New England

by Mary Beth Sievens

Whereas my husband, Enoch Darling, has at sundry times used me in so improper and cruel a manner, as to destroy my happiness and endanger my life, and whereas he has not provided for me as a husband ought, but expended his time and money unadvisedly, at taverns . . . . I hereby notify the public that I am obliged to leave him.
Phebe Darling, January 13, 1796
Hundreds of provocative notices such as this one ran in New England newspapers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081474009X
• ISBN13: 9780814740095
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"