Introduction to Gallery
Throughout history, marriage has been seen as a special moment for women. It’s a day when a woman is dressed up, doted on by her family and friends, and is obtaining what people believe women want: a husband, and to become a mother. As Jerome Nadelhaft stated in his book, The Englishwoman’s Sexual Civil War: Feminist Attitudes towards Men, Women, and Marriage 1650-1740, “Their hot, moist humors made them overly passionate and emotional, sometimes more violent and rebellious. They were chatterers and scolds, flirts,…