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  1. The Rise of Divorce in Florida in the 1970s

    Date(s): January 1, 1978 to December 31, 1978 Location: Orange, Florida Tag(s): Florida, Divorce, The 1970s 

    Nationally, divorce rates climbed 82 percent during the decade of the 1970s, and in no state was this trend more apparent than in Florida. According to the 1978 records of the Vital Statistics of Florida (VSF), dissolutions of marriage (including annulments) reached an all-time high, while remaining below the 1975 divorce rate, at which it had peaked. The divorce ratio in 1978 was 7.4%, an increase...

  2. Is Divorce a Northern Thing

    Date(s): January 1858 Location: MARION, Indiana Tag(s): Divorce, Slavery, Anti-slavery 

    J.D.B De Bow printed one of the most widely circulated southern agricultural chronicles of the 1800’s; the purpose of the journal was to bolster the South and the region’s economy. In one article printed in January 1858, entitled “Northern Morals,” De Bow claimed the higher rate of divorce in northern states was due to poor character, loose morals, and weak faith. Indiana’s 19th century divorce...