I was recently reading a biography of a British woman who became a very fine historian. The story was told that at some point in about 1918 the head of a girls’ school made an announcement —
“I have sad news, ladies. You will not be getting married. At least, very few of you will be. The men you were to marry have all died in the trenches. Now you must prepare yourselves to have careers, because there is no other option for you.”
British woman ...story was told ... in about 1918 the head of a girls’ school made an announcement —
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There was a great deal of unreported polygamy from 1918 thru the 1950’s in England. My father worked for the US Gov’t in Europe throughout the 1950’s ... this wasn’t just a problem in England.
Also, many British women after WW I married older widowers or previously divorced men. The next generation of Britons was at stake, because in the U.K. in 1918, there were almost no young men to marry. So a lot of men in their 40s - 70s married women in their late teens and 20s.
Also, many British women after WW I married older widowers or previously divorced men. The next generation of Britons was at stake, because in the U.K. in 1918, there were almost no young men to marry. So a lot of men in their 40s - 70s married women in their late teens and 20s.