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“I'll take my share of the blame. I only ask that he take his.”

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Whew, that was timely and upsetting. I don‘t know weather to be saddened by how little has changed or heartened by the fact that, even in the 1800s, there was a point at which women had had enough. Either way, it feels like we‘re living in a sequel.

“This pre-revolutionary generation was headstrong; they stayed out late “frolicking” and “night walking” in large raucous groups that met up to shuck corn or piece a quilt.”
“The Reverend Jonathan Edwards...complained in 1738 that the youth of his parish would “very frequently get together in conventions of both sexes, for mirth and jollity, which they called frolics” .....He sounds fun.

In 1893, Madeline Pollard sued William Breckinridge aKentucky Congressman for breach of promise, for an affair started when she was a teenager, and "all its indecorous detail, became shockingly public". Lot of women's history giving an understanding of social norms and customs as well as the laws of the time. Also President Cleveland was a creeper?. #somethingthatturedoutunexpectanly as Pollard won! #nonfiction2019 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

I‘m absolutely booked up for April, but when I saw this I couldn‘t leave it behind.In the 1880s, married Colonel Breckinridge calls on Madeline Pollard ,a student at Wesleyan Female College & so begins a lengthy affair that Madeline believes might lead to marriage.By 1893 headlines in the U.S. are filled with an unknown woman suing the now congressman Breckinridge for 50 thousand dollars.

Belletrist November Pick

I really enjoyed this book! Seeing how Madeline Pollard took on the court defied all the odds that were stacked against her. I never knew about this case and my heart kept cheering her on to win. This part of history showed me how lucky I am to be a woman in the modern era. I really owe the revolution women had to Madeline's case.

This was very well written, I am not usually one to read much about political history but this was not dry at all and very informative on the politics of the time. #goodreadsgiveaway

Fantastic and timely read. It was good to remember that America has certainly been thru crazy before and survived. Gutsy woman. Loved it!

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