Unmarried mothers
Posted by Caroline on March 18, 1998 at 12:51:18:
In response to Slight rant on Lawrence Stone..., written by Helen on March 18, 1998 at 09:53:46
What caught my attention about Cassia's original statement about their being so few women married is the fact that in order for the statement to be true, surely there must also be so many unmarried men! If that were really true, then historical documents and literature in general would be full of them, surely? However, I reserve judgement until I've actually read the thing- it should be fun!!
Of course, there are instances of women choosing to be single parents rather than marry. I recently read a biography of Robert Burns which made the point that his first "girlfriend" who was pregnant (and not necessarily by him) turned him down. I think amongst the poorer people this kind of thing was possibly more common.
- unmarried men in literature Miranda 16:18:23 3/18/98
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- more women than men P. Bingham 12:52:26 3/20/98
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- also many men are at war... (nfm) P. Bingham 18:54:52 3/21/98
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- Two wives;-) Caroline 16:30:56 3/20/98
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- Hey! Cassia 20:28:02 3/24/98
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- Different Caroline 21:43:33 3/24/98
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- Hey! Redux Corrections--I can't seem to type tonight. Cassia 20:29:12 3/24/98
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- Different Caroline 21:43:33 3/24/98
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- "two wives are allowed in the army"? (nfm) P. Bingham 19:41:34 3/20/98
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- My Guess is... Captain Everett 21:41:39 3/20/98
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- Ah! I'm a little slow sometimes. (nfm) P. Bingham 18:41:50 3/21/98
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- They still do;-) Caroline 21:50:56 3/20/98
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- Ah! I'm a little slow sometimes. (nfm) P. Bingham 18:41:50 3/21/98
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- My Guess is... Captain Everett 21:41:39 3/20/98
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- Hey! Cassia 20:28:02 3/24/98
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- also many men are at war... (nfm) P. Bingham 18:54:52 3/21/98
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- marriage JW 23:32:26 3/18/98
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- Pregnant servants and a question Constanza 16:49:10 3/19/98
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- house servants and marriage P. Bingham 18:31:18 3/19/98
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- Laurence Stone's other book P. Bingham 13:50:16 3/20/98
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- Very informative! Lesley 00:18:26 3/21/98
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- Don't appologise, Patricia; that was very interesting... Marie Bernadette 00:10:07 3/21/98
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- Lords & unexpected babies P. Bingham 18:52:35 3/21/98
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- Out of the running... Marie Bernadette 13:29:53 3/23/98
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- bastards P. Bingham 22:12:58 3/25/98
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- It still amazes me the amount of inform. U can provide :-) nfm Constanza 11:03:49 3/26/98
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- It still amazes me the amount of inform. U can provide :-) nfm Constanza 11:03:49 3/26/98
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- bastards P. Bingham 22:12:58 3/25/98
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- Out of the running... Marie Bernadette 13:29:53 3/23/98
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- Lords & unexpected babies P. Bingham 18:52:35 3/21/98
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- Very informative! Lesley 00:18:26 3/21/98
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- Laurence Stone's other book P. Bingham 13:50:16 3/20/98
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- house servants and marriage P. Bingham 18:31:18 3/19/98
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- Pregnant servants and a question Constanza 16:49:10 3/19/98
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- more women than men P. Bingham 12:52:26 3/20/98
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- Quite Cassia 16:17:56 3/18/98
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- The lower classes Marie Bernadette 16:10:33 3/18/98
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