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Episodes tagged "Marriage": 1 through 7 of 7

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  1. To Marry or Not to Marry in Mid-Nineteenth Century America
    date 1859map BRISTOL, Massachusettstags Marriage, Education, Women

    “Count Time by Heart-throbs” by E.M Grout, is an excerpt from Volume 5 of Wheaton College in Massachusetts’ publication, Rushlight. Written in 1859, the literary piece begins by expressing the unsettled feeling that women encounter during the process of growing older. The fear of growing old is attached to the stigma of being old and unmarried, or becoming an “old maid.” Grout explains the...

  2. Cold War Heats Cold Feet
    date July 15, 1950 to July 27, 1953map New York, New Yorktags Conscription, Korean War, Marriage

    Here comes the bride, all dressed in white.  In mid-July 1950, many young couples were coming closer and closer to hearing the bridal march.  New York jewellers were astounded by the sudden demand for engagement and wedding rings.  According to W. Waters Schwab, the president of J.R. Wood & Sons, Inc., the increase was due to the Korean crisis.  It was mere weeks before this escalation of ring...

  3. Who's to Blame for an Expensive Matrimony?
    date November 2, 1867map NEW YORK, New Yorktags fashion, Women, Marriage

    Harper’s Bazar first issue opposes the general consensus that women's expensive spending habits are to blame for the decrease in marriage during the nineteenth century. The magazine took on the daunting task and discussed marriage in its first issue on November 2, 1867. The first issue contained several articles that discussed various concerns of nineteenth century women. But, its most controversial...

  4. True Love
    date November, 1863 to 1863map FAIRFAX, Virginiatags Love letter, Marriage, Civil War

    During the Civil War era of 1863, Harvey Black, a Confederate surgeon to the Army of Northern Virginia, described in a love letter the great affection he had for his wife Mary.  He wrote about their first encounter when he was seventeen and she just eight years old.  Harvey described, “I became so favorably impressed with her fair face and gentle manners that I frequently said to myself that I...

  5. In Faded Fabric: The Preservation of Immigrant Identity
    date 1870map COOK, Illinoistags Italy, Marriage, Immigration

    The Kingdom of Italy had secured its territorial integrity, seizing Venice from Austria 1866 and ending Rome’s Papal autonomy by conquering the Eternal City four years later. Nestled in the mountains of southern Italy laid the village of Montefalcone. In 1870, the town was awash with celebration—not from its kingdom’s recent conquests but from a single wedding. Fiorita Corso was betrothed to...

  6. African American Families in the 18th Century
    date 1800map Montgomery, Kentuckytags Marriage, African-Americans

    In many states in the United States, African –American marriages were not legal. Since African Americans weren’t perceived the same as Whites they weren’t allowed the same rights. But marriage was a cycle of life it was scared ad honorable. This of course wasn’t ethically right, but Blacks were considered to be inferior to the Whites so they didn’t have control of the situation in the early...

  7. Marriage & Morality
    date 1851 to 1854map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Marriage, Reciprocity

    What does it mean for a man or a woman to be with their soul mate?  Over the centuries, marriage has separated into different types of relationships between man and wife.  Marriage has strayed from the original idea of matrimony into various forms of devotion.  Historians have noted specific trends in the history of marriage and how people relate to each other, such as Thomas and Mary Gove Nichols...