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Lying in marriage debated in Sewing Circle letters
A column of reader letters to a Sewing Circle argues that honesty preserves happiness in marriage and that deception, even in self defense or economics, undermines trust. Contributors recount marital affairs, child discipline, and the ethics of female work, with calls for truth and pensions for widowed mothers.
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Freschi
Ida Tarbell
Sewing Circle
Boston
New England
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
Boston Post