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Marcia Zug ; Mail Order Brides / Mike Rothmiller ; Trump Wiretaps , Wikileaks CIA Taps , Secret Weapons

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Mar 11, 2017 · 1h 55m 58s

Buying a Bride: An Engaging History of Mail-Order Matches / Mike Rothmiller ; Trump Wiretaps , Wikileaks CIA Taps , Secret Weapons There have always been mail-order brides in America—but...

Buying a Bride: An Engaging History of Mail-Order Matches / Mike Rothmiller ; Trump Wiretaps , Wikileaks CIA Taps , Secret Weapons

There have always been mail-order brides in America—but we haven’t always thought about them in the same ways. In Buying a Bride, Marcia A. Zug starts with the so-called “Tobacco Wives” of the Jamestown colony and moves all the way forward to today’s modern same-sex mail-order grooms to explore the advantages and disadvantages of mail-order marriage. It’s a history of deception, physical abuse, and failed unions. It’s also the story of how mail-order marriage can offer women surprising and empowering opportunities.

Drawing on a forgotten trove of colorful mail-order marriage court cases, Zug explores the many troubling legal issues that arise in mail-order marriage: domestic abuse and murder, breach of contract, fraud (especially relating to immigration), and human trafficking and prostitution. She tells the story of how mail-order marriage lost the benign reputation it enjoyed in the Civil War era to become more and more reviled over time, and she argues compellingly that it does not entirely deserve its current reputation. While it is a common misperception that women turn to mail-order marriage as a desperate last resort, most mail-order brides are enticed rather than coerced. Since the first mail-order brides arrived on American shores in 1619, mail-order marriage has enabled women to improve both their marital prospects and their legal, political, and social freedoms. Buying A Bride uncovers this history and shows us how mail-order marriage empowers women and should be protected and even encouraged.

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The Opperman Report

7 years ago

yea we skipped over Civil war

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7 years ago

Its so cool I can watch someone on CSPAN then get to talk to them

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7 years ago

unusual right?

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7 years ago

but in the presentation on CSPAN she explains how it was really good for the women

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7 years ago

yea me too

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7 years ago

Great, shes debating today and tomorrow too, shes going to be president of the team

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7 years ago

she's a brilliant woman

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7 years ago

Zug has a CSPAN presentation that is awsome

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7 years ago

I'd like to see that

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7 years ago

and theres some things in his report about Trump and Webzilla I can personally confirm

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7 years ago

Thats no slouch

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7 years ago

Stele was respected enough to get hired to do Oppo research in a presidential campaign

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7 years ago

Its all raw

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7 years ago

I don't know Steele, I've asked around about him, no one I know knows him, but according to press reports FBI was going to buy his reports, he's a legit MI6 and PI

The Opperman Report

7 years ago

but theres video of me and Hank

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7 years ago

just audio and still shots

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7 years ago

theres tapes of Courtney in Juvinille detention at 15

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7 years ago

Yea Hank dated a girl in the Manson Family

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7 years ago

We filmed with Hank in the summer

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7 years ago

its going in a documentary

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7 years ago

exclusive stuff no one has seen or heard before

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7 years ago

'tapes and pics from Hank Harrison

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7 years ago

Oooh I have some stuff coming in the mail

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7 years ago

I love this guest

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7 years ago

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