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Can You Really Just Go Online and Order a Wife from Some Other Country? (2018x247)
Ausstrahlung: Sep 18, 2018
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While people have been sending messages back and forth to arrange marriages sight-unseen throughout history, the slightly more modern concept of mail-order brides is generally considered to have originated during the days of the American Frontier- a region that, for a time, was decidedly lacking in members of the female persuasion. At the same time, the east coast of the U.S. had something of a surplus of single ladies, especially following the Civil War.
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Sources:
https://people.howstuffworks.com/exploring-the-world-mail-order-marriages.htm
https://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=31802
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/11/mail-order-marriage-brides-ukraine-america-romance
https://theestablishment.co/the-mail-order-bride-industry-is-anything-but-funny-d2711beb4403
https://theestablishment.co/the-mail-order-bride-industry-is-anything-but-funny-d2711beb4403
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