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Syrett, Nicholas L., author.

Title American child bride : a history of minors and marriage in the United States / Nicholas L. Syrett.

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Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	306.81 S995A	Check Shelf

Description	xiv, 354 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Any maid or woman child: a new nation and its marriage laws -- The child was to be his wife: patterns of youthful marriage in antebellum America -- Wholly unfit for the marriage condition: Parton v. Hervey and struggles over age of consent laws -- The great life-long mistake: women's rights advocates and the feminist critique of early marriage -- My little girl wife: the transformation of childhood and marriage in the late nineteenth century -- I did and I don't regret it: child marriage and the contestation of childhood, 1880-1925 -- Marriage reform is still an unplowed field: reformers target child marriage during the 1920s -- Marriage comes early in the mountains: the persistence of child marriage in the rural South -- Are they marrying too young?: the teenage marriage "crisis" of the postwar years -- There was no stopping her: teen marriage continues in rural America.
Subject	Age of consent -- United States -- History.
	Child marriage -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
	Child marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
	Marriage customs and rites -- United States -- History.
	Marriage law -- United States -- History.
ISBN	9781469629537 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
	1469629534 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
	9781469629544 (electronic book)

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