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American child bride : a history of minors and marriage in the United States / Nicholas L. Syrett. by Syrett, Nicholas L. The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] Call #: 306.8109 S995a Subjects 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 (hc.) Description:  xiv, 354 p. ; 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 Summary:  Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. The author challenges this assumption in this 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. 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, 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 306.8109 S995a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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