Comments on: Mail Order Brides~ by Janet Dean

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:12:16 +0000

There was a TV show on when I was a child about a ship load of “mail order brides”. I think it was called “Here Come the Brides”. Wasn’t it about that bunch of ladies brought to Washington for those men? Deb.

By: Janet Dean

Janet Dean — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:09:44 +0000

Hi Cathy, thanks for the interesting tidbit. I’m sure the lack of men in the East and lack of women in the West had a huge impact on why spouses were sought through the mail. The phenonmena went on for years, well into the 1900s, probably due to economics.

Janet

By: Cathy Richmond

Cathy Richmond — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:38:18 +0000

I heard historian Glenda Riley speak at the Postal Museum. She said the shortage of men due to the Civil War drove women to become Mail Order Brides.

By: Janet Dean

Janet Dean — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:38:19 +0000

Hi Becky, thanks for your interest in The Substitute Bride. Maybe if you ask some of your living relatives, you’ll find some fascinating stories in your own family.

Janet

By: Janet Dean

Janet Dean — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:36:03 +0000

Wow, Joye, a screaming bride had to shake the groom for a few minutes there. Good thing she wasn’t allergic to bee stings.

Thanks for adding The Substitute Bride to your TBR pile.

Janet