Orlando Weekly: Indie-rock notables Boston Marriage return to an Orlando stage after a lengthy silence
Indie-rock notables Boston Marriage return to an Orlando stage after a lengthy silence
For the entire first act, the Denver Center Theatre Company’s Boston Marriage is pure enjoyment. It’s light and fast, and the language is dizzying — clever and cleverly self-punctuating. The plot ...
A Boston marriage was, historically, the cohabitation of two women who were independent of financial support from a man. The term is said to have been in use in New England in the late 19th–early 20th century.
Boston Marriages were a newer concept in the second half of the 19th century, owing its meaning to the women involved in them. Women in these marriages were often from New England, college-educated, financially independent, and with careers of their own.
What do Boston marriages have to do with Boston? The term is thought to have originated from the 1885 Henry James novel The Bostonians, which features two forward-thinking women in a committed ...
Background on the historical phenomenon of women who lived in marriage-like relationships and were described as having Boston marriages.
What Is A ‘Boston Marriage’ And Where Did The Term Come From?
Boston marriage was an appealing alternative for women who didn’t want to depend on men.
At the turn of the century, “Boston marriages” enabled women to live independently from men. These relationships were common among educated female employees of settlement houses in Boston and in the greater United States. In the West End, evidence for these relationships can be found among the literary women of the period.