Episodes tagged "Marriage": 1 through 7 of 7
- To Marry or Not to Marry in Mid-Nineteenth Century America
1859
BRISTOL, Massachusetts
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...
- Cold War Heats Cold Feet
July 15, 1950 to July 27, 1953
New York, New York
Conscription, Korean War, MarriageHere 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...
- Who's to Blame for an Expensive Matrimony?
November 2, 1867
NEW YORK, New York
fashion, Women, MarriageHarper’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...
- True Love
November, 1863 to 1863
FAIRFAX, Virginia
Love letter, Marriage, Civil WarDuring 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...
- In Faded Fabric: The Preservation of Immigrant Identity
1870
COOK, Illinois
Italy, Marriage, ImmigrationThe 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...
- African American Families in the 18th Century
1800
Montgomery, Kentucky
Marriage, African-AmericansIn 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...
- Marriage & Morality
1851 to 1854
HAMILTON, Ohio
Marriage, ReciprocityWhat 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...
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