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WhiskeyGrinder

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10. Why would she need a therapist?

Reply to PCIntern (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 16, 2022, 03:17 PM

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Amelia Earhart's letter to George Putnam, setting out terms for marriage, 1931 [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP

It certainly is fascinating PatSeg Feb 2022 #1

Indeed. Fascinating. WheelWalker Feb 2022 #5

Wow. PCIntern Feb 2022 #2

...or spouse to be. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #7

Why would she need a therapist? WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #10

Who doesn't? PCIntern Feb 2022 #11

No kidding! calimary Feb 2022 #41

Seems a lot healthier than 99.999% of relationships in 1931. meadowlander Feb 2022 #22

Absolutely PCIntern Feb 2022 #45

Betcha a lot of women felt that way, but only Amelia had the guts to say it. TreasonousBastard Feb 2022 #3

I don't know. I don't feel that way now...I am medieval and would be super angry if my partner Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #25

At least she was honest. If I were him, I'd turn and run the other way. brush Feb 2022 #4

I believe their marriage was also a business arrangement PatSeg Feb 2022 #6

It feels sort of creepy to read this kind of personal letter... just sayin' secondwind Feb 2022 #8

an amazing independent woman who refused to be bound by ANYTHING, gravity, love or gender stereotype WarGamer Feb 2022 #9

Yep. People are different. Some can never be caged, and she was true to herself. That takes so chia Feb 2022 #12

That's what makes me wonder LoveMyCali Feb 2022 #34

I guess it depends on how marriage is viewed. calimary Feb 2022 #42

In her time, living together was unheard of, and in fact illegal in some states, as were laws chia Feb 2022 #43

The way she expressed her feelings, I wonder why consider marriage at all? Chainfire Feb 2022 #13

1931 should be explanation enough. Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #15

Same here. kskiska Feb 2022 #21

Sounds like a woman under immense pressure Hekate Feb 2022 #14

Ever a heroine of mine... RIP, Amelia hlthe2b Feb 2022 #16

Does "medieval code of faithfulness" mean women were seen as property and had few rights then? Pepsidog Feb 2022 #17

She's talking about monogamy mathematic Feb 2022 #31

Why (and how) has such a personal letter been made public? TheRickles Feb 2022 #18

One wonders why it wasn't immediately flushed down the toilet FakeNoose Feb 2022 #24

Maybe because they knew better about how not to clog up the plumbing... Silent3 Feb 2022 #38

LOL deurbano Feb 2022 #39

She was extraordinary. SYFROYH Feb 2022 #19

Speaking of cool old documents, I just found out that my good friend's family last year purchased an Pepsidog Feb 2022 #20

Interesting. Thanks, Pepsidog. Hortensis Feb 2022 #37

Amelia Earhart was gay obamanut2012 Feb 2022 #23

Yeah, I thought that was pretty well established Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #26

It will never be known if she was bi-sexual or gay. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #27

She has Sam Kinison's attitude on marriage Submariner Feb 2022 #28

Would be a good place to start discussion for those pondering marriage bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #29

"I agree that this is a private transaction between two people" heckles65 Feb 2022 #30

A very interesting letter, particularly from 1931. MineralMan Feb 2022 #32

That's all well and good, but who was going to do the laundry? brooklynite Feb 2022 #33

Probably someone hired to do that job. MineralMan Feb 2022 #35

:) The freedoms of "sophisticated" choices and economic independence Hortensis Feb 2022 #40

No "traditional" marriage for her! IzzaNuDay Feb 2022 #36

IIRC, it was Agatha Christie, through one of her characters, soldierant Feb 2022 #44