Date of Award
Spring 5-15-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Daniel Hurewitz
Second Advisor
Laura Schor
Academic Program Adviser
Karen Kern
Abstract
Divorce was a remedy employed by working-class Americans in the 1950s when their marital expectations went unmet. Spouses left emotionally, physically, or sexually abusive marriages. Expectations for marriage also centered around assumptions based on gender. Working-class women showed how divorce could be used as a tool of liberation and empowerment.
Recommended Citation
Catrone, Kristin M., "Divorce as Liberation: Marital Expectations Among the Working-Class in the 1950s" (2020). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/573
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