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Newspaper
Coeur Dalene Evening Press
Location
Coeur D´Alene, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
3
An East Claridon article reports a women led club pushing for female students. It notes women dominating public offices, scarce rural female teachers, and rising pay for stenography after training. It mentions Geneva endowment funds for girls and calls for gendered labor and education shifts.
A dozen fragmented passages discuss wives as comforting forces for husbands facing professional and personal setbacks. The text argues that sympathetic, mothering care can soothe wounded vanity, restore confidence, and help men regain footing in a hostile world. It compares this to comforting a fretful child and notes some men seek happiness outside marriage, challenging traditional domestic dynamics.
A Washington compiled report by the Bureau of Census and labor shows from 1887 to 1908 marriages totaled 12,02,044 with 945,005 divorces, indicating a rise in divorce rates tied to population growth. The rate per 100,000 married population rose from 81 in 1860 to 200 in 1900, with Maine highest in the eastern states at 117 per 100,000. Wives obtain two thirds of divorces. desertion, neglect, unfaithfulness, cruelty, and drunkenness are key grounds. Descriptions include geographic patterns, durations, and shifting dynamics in marital dissolution.
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