History Associates: Luke Roberts, “A Samurai Wife Divorces her Lout of a Husband”
History Associates: Luke Roberts, “A Samurai Wife Divorces her Lout of a Husband”
Join the History Associates for an engaging presentation from UCSB History Professor Luke Roberts on a specific case that influenced gender roles in 19th-century Japan. Zoom link: ucsb.zoom.us/j/6855143149 Mori Nao, a young samurai wife in Japan, desired a divorce from her abusive husband in 1824. Legally a man could divorce his wife but a wife […]
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