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- Title
Lonely Colonist Seeks Wife: The Forgotten History of America's First Mail Order Brides.
- Authors
ZUG, MARCIA
- Abstract
As Catherine looks out across the water, she wonders what her life will be like when she reaches Virginia. She knows that conditions will be hard, but life in England was also hard. At least in the colony, there is the possibility of improvement. The Virginia Company has assured her and the other women that they will have their choice of marriage partners. They have promised that the men are wealthy, or at least will be wealthy with the women's help. Moreover, in Virginia, as a married woman she has the right to share in her husband's wealth. Catherine knows it is a risk, but she has been assured she can always return home if she changes her mind. Regardless, Catherine expects to stay. There is little for her back in England. She will marry a colonist and help found a nation.
- Subjects
VIRGINIA; MAIL order brides; SOCIAL conditions of women; VIRGINIA Co. of London; COLONISTS
- Publication
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, 2012, Vol 20, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
1090-1043
- Publication type
Article