· Charity and Sylvia is a well-written and engaging book about the timely topic of same-sex marriage in the United States and the timeless concepts of marriage, family, religion, work, and women. Charity and Sylvia explores the open same-sex relationship of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake between and /5. Rachel Hope Cleves' new book, Charity and Sylvia: A Same Sex Marriage in Early America, is a slim, tender tribute to this marriage-in-all-but-law Academic histories capable of bringing tears to a reader's eyes are rare, but Charity and Sylviais one of them."/5(95). · Conventional wisdom holds that same-sex marriage is a purely modern innovation, a concept born of an overtly modern lifestyle that was unheard of in /5(4).
Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America - Kindle edition by Cleves, Rachel Hope. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America. Conventional wisdom holds that same-sex marriage is a purely modern innovation, a concept born of an overtly modern lifestyle that was unheard of in nineteenth century America. But as Rachel Hope Cleves demonstrates in this eye-opening book, same-sex marriage is hardly new. Born in , Charity Bryant was raised in Massachusetts. Rachel Hope Cleves (born ) is an American-Canadian historian, best known for her book Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America. The book, a study of historical documents concerning the same-sex relationship of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake in the 19th century, was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for LGBT Studies at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards.
A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America Rachel Hope Cleves. The book overturns conventional notions that same-sex marriage is new. It presents evidence that the union between Charity and Sylvia was regarded as a marriage or something like it in the early nineteenth century. This is the only history of a marriage between two American women before the Civil War. Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America: Author: Rachel Hope Cleves: Edition: illustrated: Publisher: Oxford University Press, ISBN: , Length: Charity and Sylvia is a well-written and engaging book about the timely topic of same-sex marriage in the United States and the timeless concepts of marriage, family, religion, work, and women. Charity and Sylvia explores the open same-sex relationship of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake between and
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