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Women have been playing baseball in the U.S. for 150 years, with the first professional team, the Dolly Vardens, being formed in 1867. @TheConversationUS takes a look at how girls were gradually funnelled towards softball — seen as more suitable for the “weaker” female body — and why a new era in women’s baseball may be about to begin.

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The Massachusetts State House has one of the oldest public art collections in the country with more than 300 works — of which only 20 depict women. Here’s @gbhnews’s story on how Senate President Karen Spilka is trying to change that.

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A blonde woman in a black jacket stands in front of an empty alcove in the Massachusetts Senate chamber. A bearded man is in the background, in front of the white brick walls.
GBH · Busts of Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Freeman planned to diversify State House artBy Katie Lannan
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Woman was not wanting in courage in the early ages. In war and bloodshed this trait was often displayed. Grecian and Roman history have lauded and honored her in this character. English history records her courageous women too, for unhappily we have little but the records of war handed down to us.

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~ The history of marriage, Arranged marriage part III ~

In some communities, especially in rural parts of the Middle East and South Asia, a woman who refuses to go through with an arranged marriage is suspected of any kind of "immoral" behavior that may be considered to have dishonored her entire family. Male relatives may be ridiculed, and any of the woman's siblings may find it impossible to enter into a marriage. In these cases, killing the woman is a way for the family to enforce the institution of arranged marriages. Unlike cases of domestic violence, honor killings are often done publicly.

Arranged marriages have been categorized into three groups :

Forced arranged marriage: parents or guardians select, the individuals are neither consulted nor have any say before the marriage

Consensual arranged marriage: parents or guardians select, then the individuals are consulted, who consider and consent, and each individual has the power to refuse; sometimes, the individuals meet – in a family setting or privately – before engagement and marriage as in shidduch custom among Orthodox Jews

Self-selected marriage: individuals select, then parents or guardians are consulted, who consider and consent, and where parents or guardians have the power of veto.

Illustration : After the Reception, by Douglas Volk

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Illustration : After the Reception, by Douglas Volk
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~ The history of marriage, Arranged marriage part II ~

Until the first half of the 20th century, arranged marriages were common in migrant families in the United States. They were sometimes called "picture-bride marriages" among Japanese-American immigrants because the bride and groom knew each other only through the exchange of photographs before the day of their marriage.

These marriages among immigrants were typically arranged by relatives from the country of their origin. As immigrants settled in and melded into a new culture, arranged marriages shifted first to quasi-arranged marriages where parents or friends made introductions and the couple met before the marriage; over time, the marriages among the descendants of these immigrants shifted to autonomous marriages driven by individual's choice.

Arranged marriages have declined in countries where forced marriages were politically outlawed (for example in Imperial Russia or Japan) or in a prosperous countries with more social mobility and increasing individualism; nevertheless, arranged marriages might still be seen in countries of Europe and North America, among royal families, aristocrats and minority religious groups such as in placement marriage among Fundamentalist Mormon groups of the United States.

Illustration : Unequal Marriage, by Vasili Pukirev

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Illustration : Unequal Marriage, by Vasili Pukirev
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~ The history of marriage, Arranged marriage part I ~

Arranged marriage is a type of marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members. Sometimes, a professional matchmaker may be used to find a spouse.

Arranged marriages have historically been prominent in many cultures. The practice remains common in many regions, notably the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and West Asia. They were very common throughout the world until the 18th century. Typically, marriages were arranged by parents, grandparents or other close relatives and trusted friends.

In China, arranged marriages were the norm before the mid-20th century. A marriage was a negotiation and decision between parents and other older members of two families.

Illustration : The Reluctant Bride, by Auguste Toulmouche

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Illustration : The Reluctant Bride, by Auguste Toulmouche
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It's publication day!

Enwogion o fri: Diversity Project 2023-2025

Our free #DiversityProject anthology for the #Bywgraffiadur has just dropped on KC Works. Over 40 authors contributed more than 60 articles about the most fascinating people in #Welsh #history you could possibly imagine.

We've covered #BAMEHistory #LGBTQ_ and #DisabilityHistory, #WomensHistory, #ArtHistory, the #HistoryOfScience, #HistoryOfReligion and #Wales

Frankly, there's not a single article in this collection that's not bound to be of interest to someone.

Get your own copy here as PDF or epub. And because we're in Wales, we even offer you two versions.

English: works.hcommons.org/records/dtb
Cymraeg: doi.org/10.17613/mmwvm-ryh93

Book cover for Enwogion o fri, showing two African and South Asian students of Harlech College in the 1960s. They're reading a piece of paper -- and clearly enjoy it.
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~ The history of marriage, Europe part I ~

The average age of marriage for most of Northwestern Europe from 1500 to 1800 was around 25 years of age; as the Church dictated that both parties had to be at least 21 years of age to marry without the consent of their parents, the bride and groom were roughly the same age, with most brides in their early twenties and most grooms two or three years older, and a substantial number of women married for the first time in their thirties and forties, particularly in urban areas, with the average age at first marriage rising and falling as circumstances dictated. In better times, more people could afford to marry earlier and thus fertility rose and conversely marriages were delayed or forgone when times were bad, thus restricting family size.

As part of the Protestant Reformation, the role of recording marriages and setting the rules for marriage passed to the state, reflecting Martin Luther's view that marriage was a "worldly thing". In England, under the Anglican Church, marriage by consent and cohabitation was valid until the passage of Lord Hardwicke's Act in 1753. This act instituted certain requirements for marriage, including the performance of a religious ceremony observed by witnesses.

As part of the Counter-Reformation, in 1563 the Council of Trent decreed that a Roman Catholic marriage would be recognized only if the marriage ceremony was officiated by a priest with two witnesses.

In England and Wales, since 1837, civil marriages have been recognized as a legal alternative to church marriages under the Marriage Act 1836. In Germany, civil marriages were recognized in 1875. This law permitted a declaration of the marriage before an official clerk of the civil administration, when both spouses affirmed their will to marry, to constitute a legally recognized valid and effective marriage.

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~ The history of marriage, Europe part I ~

From the early Christian era (30 to 325 CE) marriage was thought of as primarily a private matter, with no religious ceremony being required.

In 12th-century Europe, women took the surname of their husbands and in the16th century parental consent along with the church's was required for marriage. Until 1545, Christian marriages in Europe were by mutual consent, declaration of intention to marry and upon the subsequent physical union of the parties. The couple would promise verbally to each other and the presence of a priest or witnesses was not required.

One of the functions of churches from the Middle Ages was to register marriages, which was not obligatory, and there was no state involvement in marriage. During the Middle Ages marriages were arranged and these early pledges to marry were often used to ensure treaties between different royal families, nobles, and heirs of fiefdoms. The church resisted these imposed unions, and increased the number of causes for nullification of these arrangements. As Christianity spread during the Roman period and the Middle Ages, the idea of free choice in selecting marriage partners spread with it.

In medieval Western Europe, later marriage and higher rates of celibacy helped to constrain patriarchy. For example, Medieval England saw marriage age as variable depending on economic circumstances, with couples delaying marriage until the early twenties when times were bad and falling to the late teens after the Black Death, when there were labor shortages; by appearances, marriage of adolescents was not the norm in England. Where the strong influence of classical Celtic and Germanic cultures helped to offset the Judaeo-Roman patriarchal influence, in Eastern Europe the tradition of early marriage, as well as traditional Slavic patrilocal custom, led to a greatly inferior status of women.

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