Three out of four wives: Widowhood in America
Description
The day a woman marries, she becomes not only a wife but a probably widow. Eleven million women in this country are widows, one million more will be in the next ten years. And according to the authors of THREE OUT OF FOUR WIVES, the ancient Hindu custom of suttee, burning the widow on her dead husband's pyre, was humane when compared to the American custom of burying the widow alive - up to her neck in guilt and debt, bereft of prestige, status, and rights. THREE OUT OF FOUR WIVES is an angry exposé- the result of hundreds of interviews and extensive research into the plight of ...
ISBN(s)
0025705008, 9780025705005
