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  2. Mail-order bride - Wikipedia

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    A mail-order bride is a woman who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage. In the twentieth century, the trend primarily involved women living in developing countries seeking men from more developed nations. Men who list themselves in such publications are referred to as "mail-order husbands", although this is much less ...

  3. Mail Order Brides (artist collaborative) - Wikipedia

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    Mail Order Brides/M.O.B., “United We Sit,” (2003) Mail Order Brides/M.O.B. is a Filipina American artist trio active since 1995 and known for their use of humor and camp to explore issues of culture and gender. [1]

  4. Bride buying - Wikipedia

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    One of the most common forms of modern-day bride-buying is mail-order brides. It is estimated that there are 90 agencies that deal with the selling and purchasing of mail order brides. [ 6 ] These agencies have websites that list the addresses, pictures, names and biographies of up to 25,000 women that are seeking husbands, with American ...

  5. Cleveland Museum of Art - Wikipedia

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    The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Located in the Wade Park District of University Circle , the museum is internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art and houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 61,000 works of art from around the world. [ 4 ]

  6. Jeptha Wade - Wikipedia

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    Wade Park is Cleveland's cultural center surrounded by the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Cleveland Botanical Garden. Wade also was heavily involved with the establishment of Hathaway Brown School, a private academy for young girls and women.

  7. Mail-order brides - Wikipedia

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  8. International marriage of Vietnamese women - Wikipedia

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    In almost all cases, the "Vietnamese mail-order bride" is an illegal and unethical business that is a violation of human rights. Human and sex trafficking are related criminal offenses. International marriage has often been viewed as taboo since its perception of linkages with colonialism, exploitation, and differences in cultural and racial ...

  9. Mercer Girls - Wikipedia

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    All but two of the women were married in short order: Josie Pearson who died unexpectedly a short time after she arrived, and Lizzie Ordway, the oldest of the ladies who was 35 when she arrived in Seattle with Mercer. Mercer was subsequently elected to the Territorial Legislature. [8]