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appalachiablue

(41,102 posts) Mon Mar 22, 2021, 01:44 AM Mar 2021

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Wife Selling, Wife Auctioning, English Custom 17th -19th Centuries; Worldwide

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Wife Selling, Wife Auctioning, English Custom 17th -19th Centuries; Worldwide (Original Post) appalachiablue Mar 2021 OP

Thank you so much for this fascinating, depressing find. Women seen as nothing more than niyad Mar 2021 #1

No wonder the oppressive treatment appalachiablue Mar 2021 #2

Absolutely! Will never give up! niyad Mar 2021 #3

niyad

(112,974 posts)

1. Thank you so much for this fascinating, depressing find. Women seen as nothing more than

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Mon Mar 22, 2021, 08:44 AM

Mar 2021

property. That view has not changed much in many areas.

appalachiablue

(41,102 posts)

2. No wonder the oppressive treatment

Reply to niyad (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 22, 2021, 09:27 AM

Mar 2021

of women is ingrained after centuries of practices like wife selling. Even so, we must continue the fight for progress and advancement.

niyad

(112,974 posts)

3. Absolutely! Will never give up!

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Mon Mar 22, 2021, 12:45 PM

Mar 2021

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