19th-Century Women Shatter The Demure Stereotype In This Recovered Newspaper Article

Mary Louise B.

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Mary Louise B. shared a lot of information in her response. Claiming she was married to three men at one time, Mary wrote that she’d made demands in exchange for her hand in marriage: “I condescended to do so upon the condition that he should be my willing, faithful slave.” She continued.