She was the mother of six children and was expected to be gentle, caring, and obedient, the ideal Victorian woman. At some point in her marriage, however, she started disagreeing with the radical ...

Evidence suggests that marriage as an institution may only be several thousand years old, with the idea of one man and one woman spending their lives together being a relatively new concept.

Right: Victoria and Albert in a re-enactment of their marriage ceremony ... Antique c1890 photograph of a Victorian wedding party with bride, groom, bridesmaids, and flower girl.

The first female professor to work at a state university in Colorado, Mary Rippon, had a secret that Victorian society forced ...

Hmm, let’s just park the fact that it suggests there is a “usual age for marriage” for a second ... stigma must have been during the Victorian era when women had very few rights.

Viewing it through a Victorian moral framework—rigid ... born within the union inherited her wealth. Today, woman-to-woman marriage remains misunderstood. Some argue it reinforces patriarchal ...