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In 1900, what did it mean if you were engaged for 3 years and your fiance jilted you? [View all]
I just discovered my grandfather registered to marry a woman, then registered again 4 years later to marry my grandmother in 1904. The first woman and her family sued for breach of promise to marry. All this was archived in newspapers.
Please confirm if I'm guessing correctly: Wouldn't the first woman's prospects for marriage be ruined because of the social humiliation, the fact that she was off the marriage market for four years, she would be a financial burden on her family as she was now deemed an old maid, etc.? Besides the money, what were the goals of suing for breach of promise?
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