Women and the dynamics of marriage, household status, and aging in Victorian Canada and the United states

History of the Family

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-483

  Dillon, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0033478920     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-602X(99)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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