Abstract
At the beginning of the twentieth century, two of my children’s great-great- grandmothers, Caroline Andrews and Eliza Morris, took legal action to separate themselves from their husbands. In 1900, Caroline Andrews achieved a judicial separation from her husband in Albany, Western Australia. In 1901, Eliza Morris was granted a divorce in Sydney. This chapter uses the practice of family history as a lens to examine broader issues of women’s history. It considers in what sense the ending of their marriages by Eliza Morris and Caroline Edwards might be under- stood as transgressive.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Engendering Transnational Transgressions |
| Subtitle of host publication | From the Intimate to the Global |
| Editors | Eileen Boris, Sandra Trudgen Dawson, Barbara Molony |
| Place of Publication | Abindon Oxon UK |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 6 |
| Pages | 84-97 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003050384 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781000222791, 9780367505738 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2021 |