Charity And Sylvia: a Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
a same-sex marriage in early America
Rechel Hope Cleves
The book overturns conventional notions that same-sex marriage is new. It presents evidence that the union between Charity and Sylvia was regarded as a marriage or something like it in the early nineteenth century.
This is the only history of a marriage between two American women before the Civil War.
The book draws on new and seldom-studied sources to add an unknown story to our limited knowledge of LGBT history in early America.
Regional (New England) interest; strong local history market, esp. Mass. and Vermont
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Details
| ISBN | 9780190627317 |
| Genre | LGBT Studies/Social Sciences; Family |
| Publication Date | 01-Oct-16 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Notes | Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Studies |
| LoC Classification | HQ1034.U5 .C54 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Good |
| Subject | Same-sex marriage |
| BookID | 1929 |