Mary Lyndon Shanley is Margaret Stiles Halleck Professor of Social Science at Vassar College. Bridging the fields of political theory and history, this comprehensive study of Victorian reforms in marriage law reshapes our understanding of the feminist movement of that period. As Mary Shanley shows, Victorian feminists argued that justice for women would not follow from public rights alone, but required a fundamental transformation of the marriage...

"Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. But Nicholas L. Syrett challenges this assumption in his sweeping and sometimes shocking history of youthful marriage in America. Focusing on young women and girls - the most common underage spouses - Syrett tracks the marital history of American minors from the colonial period to the present, chronicling the debates and moral...

Provides advice on navigating through the legal requirements to get a visa or green card as quickly as possible, discussing how to avoid common mistakes, prepare for meetings with officials and prove a marriage is real.