The divorce colony how women revolutionized marriage and found freedom on the American frontier
"From a historian and senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms"--
| Main Author: | White, April (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Hachette Books,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"From a historian and senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780306827662 0306827662 |
| Author Notes: |
April White is a senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura. She previously worked as an editor at Smithsonian Magazine . She holds a master's degree in history and her work has appeared in publications including the Washington Post , The Atavist Magazine , and JSTOR Daily, where she wrote a regular column on the history of food,. She lives in Washington, DC. |