Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Scene of a Marriage 6
6. 2 Abigail Bailey’s Divorce 40
7. 3 Early Exits 63
8. 4 Being a Wife 93
9. 5 Acting Like a Husband 136
10. 6 Coercion and Harriet Douglas Cruger 167
11. 7 John Barry and American Fatherhood 193
12. 8 The Right to Kill 218
13. 9 The Geography of Remarriage 242
14. 10 Coverture in a New Age 287
15. Epilogue 309
16. A Note on Method 315
17. Notes 317
18. Index 395