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The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier

byApril White

For a woman traveling without her husband in the late nineteenth century, there was only one reason to take the train all the way to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, one sure to garner disapproval from fellow passengers. The Divorce Colony rests its case on archival sources, narrative history, and voices from the period, making room for uncertainty while explaining what the surviving evidence can establish. The Divorce Colony also examines the assumptions surrounding its subject, connecting them to wider arguments in family & relationships and history.

Publisher

Hachette Books

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780306827662