In April 1925, a ‘Wife Beater Sentenced’ headline hid a bigger story about domestic violence, law, and gender. Here are 5 things that were really going on.
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What If 1920s America Took Marital Abuse Seriously?
In 1925 a New York photo feature treated “rough” husbands as a joke. What if that culture had condemned marital abuse instead? Three grounded what-if scenarios.