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A Brief History of Child Marriage The tradition of child marriage has changed over time as cultural norms evolved, with the economic concerns of families driving de facto marital rules since the Early Modern era.
CHILD USA defines “child marriage” as a formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties is under the age of eighteen. This definition is in keeping with both United States and international law.
3 paź 2016 · Focusing on young women and girls--the most common underage spouses--Syrett tracks the marital history of American minors from the colonial period to the present, chronicling the debates...
that physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse and reproductive coercion is common within child marriages. Eighteen out of 20 women participating in a 2019 study of child marriage in the U.S. reported experiences of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by their husbands during their marriage. Eleven reported financial abuse
2 lis 2018 · Download PDF. The US Government advocates an end to child marriage, but in 48 of 50 states, legal exceptions to minimum marriage ages allow those younger than 18 years to be married. The District of Columbia and territories like Puerto Rico also allow child marriage.
Few Americans today would think of child marriage as an American phenom-enon. However, for most of the history of the United States, child marriage the marriage of legal minors was a relatively common occurrence. In American Child Bride , Nicholas Syrett tells the surprising story of child mar-riage in the United States, with a primary focus on ...
As Elizabeth Oakes Smith remembered it, the spring thaw came early to Portland, Maine, in 1823. On March 6 of that year, as rain poured down and the winter’s snow melted away, she and newspaper editor Seba Smith married, surrounded by family and friends in the home of her mother and stepfather.
