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Divorce rates increased as women preferred to seek ... a major study of American society during the 1920s. ... By 1930, 12.4% of 18- to 21-year-olds were attending ...
In 1975, 71.4% of the cases were filed by women, and in 1988, 65% were filed by women. [17] Lenore Weitzman's 1985 book The Divorce Revolution, using data from California in 1977-78, reported that one year after divorce, the standard of living for women declined 73%, compared with an increase of 42% for men. Richard Peterson calls Weitzman's ...
Middletown: A Study in American Culture was primarily a look at changes in the white population of a typical American city between 1890 and 1925, a period of great economic change. The Lynds used the "approach of the cultural anthropologist " (see field research and social anthropology ), existing documents, statistics, old newspapers ...
There were 102 people aboard – 18 married women traveling with their husbands, seven unmarried women traveling with their parents, three young unmarried women, one girl, and 73 men. [40] Three fourths of the women died in the first few months; while the men were building housing and drinking fresh water the women were confined to the damp and ...
Vermont: Married women were granted separate economy and trade licenses. [4] Nebraska: Married women granted separate economy, trade licenses, and control over their earnings. [4] Florida: Married women were given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1882. Lindon v.
Divorce rates say a lot about who we are as a society. Trends in how unions dissolve reflect the social, economic, and cultural characteristics that define our time. ... from 30.5 to 42.6 for men ...
The Great Depression put a damper on courtship; few could afford an extravagant social whirl, much less consider early marriage. In 1932, the marriage rate, which had been 10.14 per 1,000 three years earlier, fell to 7.9 per 1,000. [8]: 299 Men were less likely to consider themselves financially secure enough for marriage.
The Rhinelanders are considered one of the nation's earliest shipbuilders. The family also had holdings in real estate and owned the Rhinelander Real Estate Company. By the late 19th century, many members of the family were active in philanthropic causes and were active in New York high society. [1] Alice Jones Rhinelander, from a 1924 newspaper.