Breaking Conventions : Five Couples in Search of Marriage-Career Balance at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century

This rich history illuminates the lives and partnerships of five married couples – two British, three American – whose unions defied the conventions of their time and anticipated social changes that were to come in the ensuing century. In all five marriages, both husband and wife enjoyed thriving pr...

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Autor principal: Patricia Auspos
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Publicado: Open Book Publishers 2023
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