The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Sickles-Denouement

"The Sickles-Denouement." New York Saturday Press, July 16, 1859, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The Sickles couple have decided to divorce and not reconcile. This leads to comments on the iniquity of the laws concerning divorce and the differences between men and women's rights.