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American Child Bride - A History of Minors and Marriage in the United States (Paperback)
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American Child Bride - A History of Minors and Marriage in the United States (Paperback)
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Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child
bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. But
Nicholas L. Syrett challenges this assumption in his sweeping and
sometimes shocking history of youthful marriage in America.
Focusing on young women and girls-the most common underage
spouses-Syrett tracks the marital history of American minors from
the colonial period to the present, chronicling the debates and
moral panics related to these unions. Although the frequency of
child marriages has declined since the early twentieth century,
Syrett reveals that the practice was historically far more
widespread in the United States than is commonly thought. It also
continues to this day: current estimates indicate that 9 percent of
living American women were married before turning eighteen. By
examining the legal and social forces that have worked to curtail
early marriage in America-including the efforts of women's rights
activists, advocates for children's rights, and social
workers-Syrett sheds new light on the American public's perceptions
of young people marrying and the ways that individuals and
communities challenged the complex legalities and cultural norms
brought to the fore when underage citizens, by choice or coercion,
became husband and wife.
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